Places Lisa De Vriese Wants to Go

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Early habitat dioramas and home of the elusive gaff, the skvader.

This temple is steeped in local folklore involving a teakettle and a raccoon dog.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.