Places steffiweirdtalk Wants to Go

After an Englishmen was killed by a samurai here in 1862, a two-day war changed the course of Japanese history.

Dedicated to an "Unknown Man," this grave holds either the remains of a lovelorn suicide or a Cold War spy.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education.

This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Charming bookshop for true-crime fans and horror aficionados, plus other books and odds and ends.

A hauntingly preserved early 20th-century industrial flour mill featuring a grand central tower, ornate spiral staircases, and original milling machinery left untouched.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.

Experience the pivotal Civil War battle at this interactive museum.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.

This ancient, tranquil shrine is the birthplace of ema prayer boards and the Ushi-no-toki-mairi curse ritual.

A mysterious mountaintop temple infamous as the legendary home of the Tengu

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

A bronze memorial to Tallinn’s most famous, and most elusive, stray dog, erected while he was still alive.

A late 4th-century BC archaeological wonder located just outside the suburbs of Thessaloniki, Greece.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.