Places laurelkastner Wants to Go

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

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

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

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

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

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

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

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

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

The people murdered during a 17th-century Norwegian witch hunt have been honored with a pair of stark, modern installations.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.

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

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.