Places Sam Wants to Go

Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

Ruins of a former government building destroyed during the Georgian-Abkhaz war in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union.

One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s. 

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

Hundreds of boat-shaped headstones fill this graveyard as part of a centuries-old custom with mysterious origins.

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.

Crosses of all shapes, sizes and colors litter the mountain, the site of a huge yearly Orthodox pilgrimage.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

Local legend says the remains of Father Christmas lie within the medieval grounds.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

Two provinces and two territories touch borders deep in the middle of the wilderness.

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.

Cliffs that hold fossils, including the earliest known reptile, dating back more than 300 million years.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."