Places NixOfNowhere Wants to Go

An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.

The Bulgarian royal family exclusively used this ornate, now-abandoned train station.

Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

“Ireland’s only inland lighthouse” is not actually a lighthouse at all.

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

A gorgeous, nostalgic café housed in a lofty old warehouse, lit only by petroleum lamps.

This futuristic public park includes large sculptures and an artificial geyser.

An open-air museum exhibiting a total of 52 century-old buildings, recreating Hokkaido’s “pioneer village.”

A museum in Hokkaido is housed in a former high school. On its grounds a marker shares the awakening of a man who longs to be reunited with his soulmate in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.

Scale the heights of this 100-foot play space shaped like a ferocious dragon.

Local legend claims that this is the final resting place of an infamous cannibal hag.

There's light and a dreamlike panorama at the end of this tunnel.

This abandoned park is home to hundreds of stone statues ranging from humans to mystical beings.

A nondescript building is home to a one-room museum filled with an overwhelming array of art and objects.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

Sip “liquid cuisine” made with meat, vegetables, and insects.

Try maple leaf tempura at the trailside shop that brought it back from oblivion.

This bathhouse includes an option to soak in radioactive water.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

Near the mouth of the Yodo River, this museum offers visitors six floors of hands-on learning about Osaka's raw sewage.