Places KingSmithy Wants to Go

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

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

A line of disused military bunkers built to defend against Nazi invasion lies hidden on the outskirts of the city.

A portable, wooden replica (minus the hyphen) of Hamburg’s iconic crooked coffee shop.

A century-old shot ball factory tower is open to the public once a year.

Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

Remnants of the Nazis' occupation of Denmark linger along the sand.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

Where a guard killed nine German prisoners during one of the worst 20th-century POW camp massacres in U.S. history.

A sober museum housed in the original administrative building of one of Stalin's largest gulags.

The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

The site of one of the largest prison escapes of World War II.

Five soviet prisoners of war were executed at this spot just days before the liberation of Norway.