Places wintermuteway Wants to Go

In this African village, the walls of the chief's compound are painted with beautiful traditional designs.

See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.

A safe space and resource for anything and everything relating to sex and sexuality.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

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.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.

The ruins of a 13th-century monastery that long served as a place of refuge from wars and raids.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

This quirky collection is an interactive exhibit crammed with creative contraptions and tinkered-with toys.

Hidden amid the tropical forest in the Caribbean Sea are the decaying ruins of the Cocaine King's luxurious island party home.

Some locals believe the fabled lost gold of General Yamashida is hiding somewhere beneath the city.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

Curious carved stones and bird-like wings are a symbol of Serbian resilience and freedom on the site of a WWII massacre.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.