Places LaurenC Wants to Go

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

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.

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

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

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.