Places Braecrest Wants to Go

The mass grave of the 27 victims of the "Vampire of Hanover."

A spectacular hidden beach in Ireland has the dark, disturbing nickname of "Murder Hole Beach."

An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.

The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

The monument honors the mountaineers who were part of Europe’s best anti-Nazi forces.

On a remote island, legend has it that a fiddler and his wife were turned to stone.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

The beloved bard's garb is proudly displayed within a Freemason's hall.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

A Neolithic burial tomb connected with a colorful array of legends.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."

This mysterious, medieval cathedral remains unbuilt but fiercely protected.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.