Places steffiweirdtalk Wants to Go

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

What happened to the three lighthouse keepers who vanished from this place remains a mystery over a century later.

This cemetery of rusting Soviet-era steam locomotives and train cars offers an apocalyptic glimpse into a bygone era.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

One man's love affair with this Mediterranean country has been turned into a work of whimsical delight.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

One of England’s oldest and most haunted inns may have inspired the legend of Sweeney Todd.

Every spring, this walkway outside the Japan Mint turns into a cherry blossom tunnel.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.

A ruined castle has more than its fair share of legends and ghost stories.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

A 17th-century church is nestled within the walls of a 15th-century ruin.

Fantastically decorated underground chambers built in the 1760s.

These ruins of Francis Bacon's once-magnificent manor are hidden in the English countryside.

The remains of the man who founded Pennsylvania lie in an unassuming grave in the English countryside.

A pair of rivaling shrines dedicated to Lady Oiwa, the most famous vengeful ghost in Japan.

A remnant of Korea's colonial past lies forgotten in a hip neighborhood in Seoul.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

This ledge in Victoria Park served as a hiding spot for Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin.