Places Roseparis Wants to Go

Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.

Each November, this one-tonne stone is turned over, trapping the devil beneath it for another year

Sitting in a quiet field just west of Cardiff is a well-preserved megalithic burial chamber, topped with a 40-ton capstone

Alcorcón puppet center and school are a must if puppetry is what you care about

St Pialas Well has a dark history, blurred by the passage of time and immortalised by a nearby pub.

A hollowed tree transformed into a fairytale wonder.

The Pamir Highway between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan takes a mere hour driving through a stretch of No Man’s Land.

A privately owned Benedictine estate founded in 987, where a Tudor gatehouse and rare medieval guest house survive within a living historic manor in the Dorset village famous for its ancient chalk giant.

One of the most haunted places in London...or is it?

A small shrine dedicated to a tanuki statue, tucked away in a Blade Runner-esque izakaya alley

This cul-de-sac off Fleet Street is said to be the place where the infamous Demon Barber made a killing

See the streets of Siem Reap light up with themed paper puppets.

A relic from ancient Egypt that is purported to have a curse associated with it

A tea merchant built a dazzling Chinoiserie mansion in the 1890s to impress a Chinese ambassador

The world's largest monastic library is also a baroque artistic masterpiece

A treasure trove of material within the University of Pittsburgh Library Systems has spawned the world's first and only center for academic study of the horror genre.

This tower in a small Polish village uses the power of a sacred bell to ward off mischievous weather spirits.

Inside the Šomoška National Nature Reserve exists a unique rock formation rarely seen in the world.

This piece of early engineering is rather unknown despite its location in the heart of Madrid.

An exact replica of a colossal Olmec head sits atop a pyramid within a Madrid traffic circle.

The final resting place of one of Italy’s most influential and imaginative writers.

A subterranean necropolis blending Egyptian, Hellenic, and Roman traditions and art styles.

A lending library of all possible categories of esoteric literature.

A life-sized imperial army, buried in battle formation, has stood underground for over 2,000 years—built not for war, but for eternity.