Places Sarah Durn Wants to Go

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

Ancient weaving techniques are used to create these colorful souvenirs.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

One of the oldest hospitals in the Americas is now decorated in hallucinatory murals.

On top of a hill, this Catholic church overlooks the most Catholic island in Greece.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

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

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

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

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

Memorializing the bravery of one young woman facing the monster of her age.

This picturesque round lake is said to be home to the legendary Mokèlé-mbèmbé.

Believed to hold the remains of Japan's most infamous fox spirit, this stone is said to kill those who dare approach.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

This eclectic homestead is home to a miniature windmill and Connecticut's last tollbooth.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.