Places stefanmarquart Wants to Go

Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

An enormous, 30-story-deep hole in the middle of Guatemala City.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

Hundreds of protractors affixed to surfaces all over the city.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

They squeal, they nosh, they look like predators.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.