Places wednesday Wants to Go

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.

The 14th-century ruins are said to contain healing powers.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

Dozens of snakes are housed and worshipped within the walls of this Vodun temple.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

The ceiling of Prohodna Cave in northern Bulgaria affords a peek at the sky via two deity-sized-eye-shaped holes.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.

Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.

A Spanish forest is filled with mysterious stone carvings.

This disappearing geyser has been attributed to witchcraft, but really it's all about rainfall.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.