Places remcrae Wants to Go

An ever-changing gathering of crude wooden figures haunts the St. Lawrence River.

Lifelike statue of the Chinese philosopher in the bathtub.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

The decaying remains of a ship whose captain mysteriously disappeared.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.

This sprawling collection of saintly relics includes such fascinations as wood from the Cross of Jesus and threads from Mary's veil.

Haunted Victorian house that inspired a legendary "Ghostbusters" court ruling.

North Korea's massive art and propaganda factory now has an official gallery space in Beijing.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

A city entirely devoted to illegal gun production.

Mummies preserved naturally for seven centuries.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

A self built castle built by a salt worker in Brazil.

Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

The New England cabin where an infamous British occultist conducted experiments in "magick".

The site of one of Japan's very few American occupations during World War II still holds the relics of a roundly disastrous campaign.

This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

A "simple-hearted artist" turned an isolated Icelandic valley into his own art museum.