Places Roseparis Wants to Go

Estimated to be more than 5,000 years old, this yew may be Britain’s oldest.

One of England’s oldest and most haunted inns may have inspired the legend of Sweeney Todd.

Inside Cork's Kent station stands its country's longest-serving postbox.

This is the sewer drain that was the inspiration for the opening scene of Stephen King’s classic novel “IT”.

The lost library of Alexandria, revived as a spearhead of cultural preservation.

The location Geoffrey Chaucer and tale-telling pilgrims set off for Canterbury in April 1386.

According to legend, this is the burial place of a mythical three-legged death omen horse.

A lone torii arch stands on a coastal rock where a deity is said to have landed.

Associated with one of Japan's most famous fairy tales, this temple is home to a statue purportedly brought from the undersea palace of the Dragon God.

Learn about the indigenous people of Japan's northernmost islands.

Life-sized bronze statues of fictional puppet characters.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

A tiny museum dedicated exclusively to the tiny art that decorates matchboxes.

Called the "Armenian Stonehenge," this ring of menhirs pierced with holes may be a prehistoric astronomical observatory.

This modern tandoor eatery was once a canteen for Soviet farmers.

Giant stone letters dedicated to the founder of Armenia's alphabet.

The world's longest nonstop reversible cable car soars through spectacular scenery to the medieval Tatev Monastery.

A flamboyant five-story building in Bulgaria resembles a crawling snail.

At this snack-shack in the bucolic British countryside, you can still get a slice of socialism with your spot of tea.

A beautiful medieval bridge allegedly constructed by the Devil.

These ancient rock graves were featured on the cover of a Black Sabbath compilation album.

This 17th-century passageway is home to numerous bookshops, a witch legend, and the oldest pizzeria in the world.