Places poppyoana Wants to Go

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

Sculptor Antony Gormley used chaos theory and fractal growth to design his tallest creation.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

London's largest outsider art museum.

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

Come to this Polish museum to take a good, clean look at filth.

A haunting deserted hotel is a favorite with artists and photographers.

These massive moving sand dunes have swallowed an entire village and are still on the run.

A sinuous path among steep cliffs creates a stunning sight in southwestern Serbia.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

Few people have ever heard of, let alone visited, one of Turkmenistan’s most impressive natural attractions.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

Too much gossip or just missing curfew could land you in here for a couple of days.

The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.

These pools have been abandoned for over 20 years.