Places Robbert Wants to Go

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

The Indian capital of black magic and witchcraft.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.

Legend has it this 11th-century castle was paid a visit from the devil.

This disused VLF radio station is no longer in service but the surrounding town still bears its name.