Places relizh Wants to Go

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

This wooden chair dates possibly back to the 15th century, and commemorates a local legend.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

This medieval church is the only one in the world that features all Marc Chagall stained-glass windows.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

This Norman castle was once the site of a Victorian-era prison, and now exists as a luxury hotel.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.

It is believed that the historic tower is sinking at a rate of an inch a year, though no one is completely sure why.

Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

Giant papier mache hog sits on private property.

A fantastical and futuristic temple of light built from nine monumental glass veils.

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

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