Places Rebecca Ro Wants to Go

Just outside the Naval Academy, Hell Point is a historical marker that could easily be the point where failed students wait for the bus.

The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

This elaborate High Victorian Gothic structure is one of the world's few 16-sided buildings.

More than a century old, this trading post resides in the Navajo Nation.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

More than 100 years after his death, the world's largest steer is still attracting crowds.

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

A giant mascot, a car bomb, and the mafia mingle in the history of a defunct restaurant chain.

The silent film master's legacy commemorated in all the right and wrong places.

A ruined Maya city that suffered a years-long case of mistaken identity.

A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.

A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.

Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.

This whimsical garden filled with fairies and incredible creatures has been enchanting children—and adults—since the 1970s.

A 17th-century doorway in a small Sabine village is a portal into the mysteries of alchemy.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

Part of a highway network meant to connect Miami to Montreal, this 10-mile stretch of road made from red bricks is still around 100 years later.