Places tweierick Wants to Go

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

An engraved stone in a village church claims to be the grave of a minuscule folk legend.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

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

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.

This Scottish bridge seems to compel dogs to leap to their death.

Some of the saint's blood and bones are said to reside in Dublin.

The not-quite-incorruptible St. Bernadette is perhaps the most beautiful of preserved saints—with a little help from Paris.

Statue of a decomposing prince that once held his heart in its hand.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.

Despite centuries of architectural innovation, this French castle is being built like it's the 13th century.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.