Places witchlifts Wants to Go

A toxic lake near a volcanic caldera that is home to flamingos and other life.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.

It's said that this stone with its mysterious runic inscription is evidence of the Norse visiting Narragansett.

Once one of Riga’s historically important cemeteries, this location is now a quiet park.

A disarmed 40-foot nuclear missile on display outside a North Carolina church.

This Pennsylvania structure, the oldest building in Gettysburg, was once a stop on the Underground Railroad.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

The secret centuries-old German cemetery in the heart of the Vatican.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

The museum within the Kom-Ombo Temple complex houses mummified crocodiles and mummified crocodile eggs.

A museum that dives into Sweden’s maritime past through preserved shipwrecks and interactive exhibits.

A beautiful old horse stable hosts one of the largest collections of domestic animal skeletons and taxidermy.

Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

When humans abandoned this safari lodge, the lions took over.

Travel back in time aboard a restored 1950s-era railcar.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.