Places Oubliette Wants to Go

This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.

The 5,000-year-old megalith is believed to be Scotland's tallest standing stone.

What happened to the three lighthouse keepers who vanished from this place remains a mystery over a century later.

A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

A vineyard devoted entirely to an unexplored flavor frontier.

This 1920s mansion in the Outer Banks has some of the best examples of Art Nouveau ornamentations in the United States.

This hands-on museum houses roughly 80 vintage pinball machines and arcade games.

This historic church houses the grave of a Scottish soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo.

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

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

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

Visit one, or all six, of the stops on this tour of a North Carolina signature sweet.

Odd castle-like structures for collecting water sticking out of the Mississippi River.