Places kgamblin Wants to Go

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.