Places Roseparis Wants to Go

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

This dollhouse-sized art museum features creations from local artists.

A mystical-meets-modern mix of centuries-old divination decks and Pokémon cards ready to predict your destiny.

Denmark’s ultra-modern library hides a treasury of rare, unique books.

This 11th-century fortress is now the seat of Aragon’s state legislature.

Try maple leaf tempura at the trailside shop that brought it back from oblivion.

This 11th-century Cistercian abbey was once seized by Henry VIII.

Traces of a Sami settlement and sacrificial site dating back more than 9,000 years.

A historic seafront building established as a refuge for sailors to promote moral living and literacy.

Proof of ancient aliens, or simply a creative way for farm laborers to clear their fields?

A museum about rituals, ghosts, and demons from around Asia, set in the middle of the peaceful Jiufen.

Alongside its 16th- and 17th-century architecture and interiors, this mansion houses an Ancient Roman ring that some believe may have inspired J.R.R. Tolkien.

A museum of puppets and puppetry covering all Asian styles.

Wander along roughly a mile of paths in what may be the world's largest forest labyrinth.

This towering, fire-breathing dragon guards a community’s buried treasure.

Three sinkholes filled with warm, crystal-clear water reached by a horse-driven cart on an old train track through the jungle.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

If your school was decorated with trippy graffiti, served ambrosial coffee, and was frequented by mimes, it might have been similar to this groovy cafe.

A hidden treasure of an abandoned city lies deep in the jungles of Campeche, Mexico.

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

An ancient oak forest where, legend has it, a wedding party was magically transformed into trees.