Places wintermuteway Wants to Go

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

A Tudor-style castle in Brazil holds one of the world's largest armory collections.

The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.

The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.

The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.

China’s breathtaking futuristic library is lined floor to ceiling with fake books.

One of the most remote lodges in the Amazon offers rare wildlife encounters and undisturbed views of the Peruvian rainforest.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.

New York City's only wildlife rehabilitation center treats more than 3,000 feathered and furry patients each year.

A mysterious monument where a woman who records say never existed was burnt alive for being a witch.

A kitschy Italian medieval-style castle incongruously located amidst one of the most historic towns in the Peruvian Amazon.

The U.S. Army's giant warehouse of war art includes Hitler’s watercolors and Norman Rockwell oil paintings.

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

A peculiar family mausoleum built by a German nobleman captivated by the occult.

A boardwalk winds above this beautiful bog full of wildlife and a rare type of turtle.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.

Local lore says the devil built this beautiful medieval bridge to help a fleeing bandit.

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.