Places Oubliette Wants to Go

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

This mysterious, medieval cathedral remains unbuilt but fiercely protected.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.

The world's oldest railway bridge in continuous use.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.