Places RakelOm Wants to Go

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.

A secret garden in a picturesque Edinburgh village has inspired artists for centuries.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.

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

The site of a mysterious pony massacre is rich with extraterrestrial conspiracy theories.

A Swiss man built this airstrip for aliens because a UFO captain telepathically told him to.

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

Three million year old fossils are exposed for all to see on this Icelandic shore.

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

Get up close and personal with these majestic fish.

This tiny Hawaiian island is slowly coming back to life after being bombed during naval training exercises.

Once home to over 8,000 exiled Hawaiians suffering from Hansen's Disease.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.