Places stefanmarquart Wants to Go

Site of the 1889 murder-suicide of crown prince Rudolf and his lover Mary Vetsera.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

This secret Swiss fortress is disguised as a harmless pink house, complete with fake windows.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

The secret cells in the basement of the KGB's Estonian "Grey House" have been preserved as a grim Cold War museum.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

The experimental test tracks of a retro-futuristic monorail still stand in the French countryside.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.

The abandoned Bermudian home of a British naval leader is surrounded by crumbling sporting fields and the graves of convicts.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

During this yearly Welsh swimming race, competitors tread through the fetid waters of a bog trench.

The man who is mainly remembered for a chicken dish he had nothing to do with is buried under a large concrete dome.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

A mad mystery man who led Canadian mounties on a 150-mile wilderness chase is still buried with his secrets intact.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.