Places Polytropa Wants to Go

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

The only museum outside of Australia dedicated to exhibiting the artwork of Indigenous Australian artists.

Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.

A beautiful little museum hidden away in the heart of Barcelona holds a treasure trove of Ancient Egyptian artifacts

An open-air "garden" of mural art that changes weekly.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

Unruly residents were housed in this one-person cell until the Black Maria arrived.

A popular oddity on display in a stately building, offering a symbolic commentary.

Beside some power panels, a plaque celebrates the history of an alternate world.

A psychedelic tribute to one of Georgia's most unique artistic visionaries, out of place and time in the heart of Atlanta.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.