Places Oubliette Wants to Go

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.

The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

This witch statue remembers a time in England's history when fear trumped truth.

The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

The former home of a trailblazing surrealist is still filled with haunting dolls and grim paintings.

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky.

One of the most extreme deserts in the world, these snow-free valleys harbor life, despite the hostile environment.

The largest underground church in Europe.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.