Places positivelypossessed Wants to Go

This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.

Haunted house kitsch meets Japanese folklore at this theme bar where patrons can “die” and have their own mock funeral.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

A medieval house adorned with enigmatic carvings, including one of a man displaying his masculine attributes.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

This garden houses the remains of the ancient Greek port of Marseille.

The abandoned summer estate of the former Greek Royal Family.

This garden is very fertile.

Don't bother sending any mail to this ghost town.

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

A bizarre stone beast lurks on the beach of a popular tourist island.

An antique horse-drawn hearse provided French luxury for the dead in this Texan town.

A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.

This oak sculpture at the edge of a small woodland is nine feet tall and shrouded in mystery.

The mystery of this small, brick pond eluded its possibly only investigator until his death.

A mysterious monument where a woman who records say never existed was burnt alive for being a witch.

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

The wartime boat shelter now doubles as an underground concert hall where musicians play on rafts along the waterway.