Places sjsagedahl Wants to Go

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

It's been called “Detroit’s largest art object.”

This antique shop and tea room reside inside a twice defunct church that was moved stone by stone to its current location.

A basement full of treasures lies beneath this inn that has worn many hats throughout its 140+ years.

Once the site of a 12-century monastery, this tiny island is now home to only five permanent residents.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

The oldest bookstore in Iceland.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

This small record store was a favorite of Oasis's Noel and Liam Gallagher, who mentioned it in one of their early songs.

Opened in 1932, this theater in Stockport's Mersey Square is a bonafide Art-Deco gem.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

An East German time capsule caters to nostalgic Germans and curious tourists.

This hidden 13th-century tavern room has a few Shakespearean connections.

Possibly the oldest church in Barcelona, this basilica has its pagan and Christian mythologies all mixed up.

An eclectic collection of thousands of items owned by the sculptor Frederic Marès.

A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.