Places Lord Aitken Wants to Go

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

A cocktail lounge decorated like an American dive bar, in honor of the legendary author Ernest Hemingway.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.

A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

The remains of the vast manor that once belonged to Lord Kira, villain in the 47 Ronin story, is now a shrine dedicated to the incident.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.