Edinburgh, Scotland
The Witches' Well
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.
Isle of Iona, Scotland
A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.
Alexandria, Scotland
An eccentric aristocrat brought these Australian natives to their current Scottish home.
Isle of Bute, Scotland
A fernery hidden by neglect is uncovered, and an ancient specimen along with it.
Isle of Eigg, Scotland
This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.
Scotland
A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.
Polldubh, Scotland
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.
Foyers, Scotland
A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales
Ishinomaki, Japan
On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.
Cambria, California
A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.
Cody, Wyoming
One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Los Angeles, California
A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.
Pasadena, California
A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.
Los Angeles, California
Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.
Portland, Oregon
A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.
Santa Cruz, California
A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
Mammoth Lakes, California
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.
Las Vegas, Nevada
James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.