Places rykinu Wants to Go

The “Thumb” of Mauritius provides a 360 degree view of the entire country.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.

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

This odd little home was built right into an African rock face.

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

From buck blood to Theriak miracle tonic, this collection of Renaissance chemist's gear look's like a wizard's pantry.

This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.

This historic Chinese tower was said to have been haunted by fox spirits but is now haunted by a grisly murder.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

Nestled in a peaceful valley, this Armenian monastery may have been saved from Mongols thanks to the eyes of God.

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.