Places steffiweirdtalk Wants to Go

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

The lost library of Alexandria, revived as a spearhead of cultural preservation.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

A ruined farmhouse that inspired an (inaccurate) illustration for Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel “Wuthering Heights.”

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

An art installation commemorates journalist Nellie Bly's undercover reporting inside a New York asylum.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The last such cabin in Arizona is a rare remnant of a bygone era of medical treatment.

A Grade 2 cast-iron aqueduct, designed by Thomas Telford which links 2 halves of an enormous embankment.

Built in 1797, this is Mississippi’s most haunted house.

Carved scenes of sex work and unglamorous labour beneath a cultural hero.

This striking sculpture was created in memory of enslaved people, acknowledging that the city of Bordeaux was France’s second-largest slave-trade port.

One of the 20th century’s most remarkable explorers was buried here, but he just couldn't stay put.

Yorkshire’s largest boulder has a storied past associated with Druids and witches.

Ruins of a church in a peaceful location overlooking fields.

A beautiful Victorian-era mausoleum, designed for a single occupant.

A well for a well, this anachronistically Indian-styled water pit was built in its small town home in gratitude for a similar favor.

A beautiful and tranquil place, home to a community of Benedictine monks and the resting place of Emperor Napoleon III, Empress Eugene and Prince Louis.

According to local legend, anyone who falls on these temple steps will turn into a cat.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Where the legendary wizard sleeps for eternity, according to Arthurian lore.

The hillside where Edvard Munch experienced the panic attack that inspired “The Scream” offers one of the most striking evening views in Oslo.

The first building to be positively identified as Anglo-Saxon in origin.

A century-old house transformed into a cat temple by an artist.