Places steffiweirdtalk Wants to Go

A former groundskeeper’s cottage, now famous for being the main location of a hit British comedy game show.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

This village in the northeast of France is packed with book shops.

Graffiti-clad ruins of an abandoned 1980s industrial site with a toxic past are nestled among residential houses.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

An eccentric castle with snake protectors and spectacular views of Beppu.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Royal burial place of the kings of ancient Britain.

A haunted medieval church, a ceremonial stone circle, and a burial ground are all that's left of this community lost to the Black Death.

The last gas-lit cinema in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the world.

Visitors to this temple are greeted by a massive collection of wooden dolls said to bring good fortune.

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

Underneath the Serapeum ruins lies a dark passage with nooks for books, the lesser-known “sister” to the famous ancient library.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

These former ticket office windows in London's underground now house pocket-size parks.

The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.

Only the face remains of this giant Buddha statue, which is said to be a source of luck for students.

One of the top 100 sights of feudal Tokyo continues to impress those who visit the lesser temples of Ueno.

Over several decades, one of London’s most iconic city gates was dismantled, moved out of the city, and then moved back.

Locals have put a new makeup on this strange statue every year since they unearthed it.

This ornate example of 19th-century Chinese architecture is one of only a handful of Confucius shrines in Japan.