Places steffiweirdtalk Wants to Go

A chimpanzee sanctuary in the Blue Ridge Mountains giving former research chimps a new chance at life.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

A derelict hunting lodge that was once the site of aristocratic debauchery.

Formally known as American Statesmanship Park, this roadside collection of eighteen-foot presidential busts and Texas statesmen is located only minutes away from the former studio of Houston sculptor David Adickes.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The old Workhouse in Ripon was the last resort for the poor of the district from 1834 until the birth of the British welfare state in the mid 20th century. It is now a poignant museum reminding us of the harshness of the Victorian poor law regime.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

A privately owned Benedictine estate founded in 987, where a Tudor gatehouse and rare medieval guest house survive within a living historic manor in the Dorset village famous for its ancient chalk giant.

Turrets, ramparts and towers, this Teesside castle has them all, but it's not all as it seems.

An infamous former prison is now a biodiverse national park.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

A place to see how French aristocrats lived in the early 1900s.

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

This is the location of the U.S. Radium Corporation where the “Radium Girls” worked, became sickened by radiation poisoning, with many dying horrible deaths.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

A former mill turned into a world of curiosity and everyday objects.

The only surviving theatre where William Shakespeare performed as an actor.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.