Places Stephen J Taylor Wants to Go

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The Incredible Hulk, Yoda, Mulder and Scully, and many many others watch over the mean streets of Toronto.

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

A planned settlement in Pennsylvania once housed the aristocratic refugees of the French Revolution.

A museum commemorating the Donora Smog, which killed 20 people in October 1948 and sparked national outrage over air pollution.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

A museum now occupies the mansion in Samoa where the prolific Scottish writer chose to spend the last years of his life.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

An ongoing medieval tradition of communal pig husbandry is honored with a handsome granite sculpture.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.

Monastery, army base, and infamous Soviet Gulag in the far Russian north.

At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.

Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.

The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.

Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.

Fascinating collection of Khoisan rock engravings, still situated in their original setting.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

The legacy of a Moroccan Jewish community is remembered at this little mouldering cemetery.

Crumbling crypts and overgrown graves rise just out of arm's reach in this forgotten Buenos Aires graveyard.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

This Orthodox Church's exterior is rather unorthodox.