Places theunknowntxtr Wants to Go

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

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

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

This castle ruin in the middle of nowhere is a gem for wildlife enthusiasts.

The place to be if you love vintage Swedish cars.

A 200-year-old collection of medical paraphernalia in a historic house.

The world's biggest floating museum in Gothenburg, Sweden.

One of America's oldest Antarctic research bases is abandoned but still just waiting for visiting explorers.

A remains of a stone shelter are a reminder of "The Worst Journey in the World."

These abandoned huts still hold the remains of an early 20th century Australian researcher's work.

The bodies of some early polar pioneers are still buried beneath the harsh snows of the Antarctic.

The birthplace of the very first human resident born in Antarctica.

Antarctica's only sculpture garden, it has art and penguins, but no plants in sight.

The place of worship erected not once, but three times in one of the most desolate places on Earth.

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.

These giant volcano sponges in Antarctica are thought to be the world's oldest living animal, at 15,000 years old.