Places scoutboy Wants to Go

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

Formerly abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

One of the largest cat sanctuaries in North America is considered a "Club Med" for felines.

A nuclear reactor created for Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" campaign is now used for research at a Dutch university.

An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.

Local legend says this unusual chimney is actually a broken-hearted man's tomb.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

The site of the first medieval crusade that pitted Christians against Christians.

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

The (usually) serene burial place of the world's most notorious drug lord.

Nestled in the heart of a Texas town is a dreamy secret garden dating back to the 1940s.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

A prehistoric rock shelter that's literally in someone's backyard.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

A hilltop collection of crosses remembering the hundreds of Argentine troops who fell during the Falklands War.

A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.