Places Talbot von Sregor Wants to Go

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

Visitors to Salt Springs State Park are encouraged to literally put their two cents in Penny Rock.

A discarded movie prop that was the original monolith for "2001: A Space Odyssey."

Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.

Underneath this Byzantinian church lies a necropolis filled with ancient tombs and the ruins of previous churches.

A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.

A cannonball from Union forces battling John Hunt Morgan made this church a permanent home.

A memorial dedicated to the victims of the Columbine High School shootings.

Next to the well-known retaining weir "Hochablass" is the former raft port for the city of Augsburg.

A rather grand, but tiny, folly on the banks of the River Wear associated with a Polish count.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

A large replica of a monumental Roman inscription is located on the side of this museum.

This semi-spooky remnant of an abandoned hotel provides fantastic views.

An entertaining journey through the odd and strange awaits visitors to this shop.

Hidden amid a collection of trails is the site of a tragic crash.

The highest cold-water geyser in the world.

The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."

Once the largest town in eastern Yuba County now sits abandoned.

A holy stone inside this spectacular hermitage is said to have healing properties.

This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.

Rebuilt several decades ago, its striking murals prevent it from being reconsecrated as a church.

History is hiding at the Morean Center for Clay.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.