Places Talbot von Sregor Wants to Go

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

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

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

Two gravestones clasp hands over the religious divide.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

The "feral child" who appeared in Bavaria in the 19th century remains as much a mystery as his unsolved murder.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.