Places nickelcurry Wants to Go

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

An abandoned horror film set sits eerily along a highway through Hollywood's "door to the desert."

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.

Now harmless, this looming post struck fear into the heart of medieval troublemakers.

A slab of sandstone covered with mysterious 1,000-year-old rock carvings from a vanished North American culture.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

A rare tour of an aristocrat's private home reveals valuable 17th-century paintings from artists like Rembrandt.

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

Hop aboard a charming bog train to explore this rare open-air museum of peat.

The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.