Places SpookyQuin Wants to Go

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

The hollow trunk of this 650-year-old tree was used as a hideout by two Jewish brothers during World War II.

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

An unexpectedly extraterrestrial room in a former Victorian resort club.

The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

A Christian retreat founded to welcome refugees fleeing from the Nazis during World War II.

The humble Hoosier roots of a famed Broadway composer.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

A tomb in the shape of a traditional Mexican hat and shawl for the father of modern rancheras.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.