Burlington, Ontario
Martimas's Grave
The racehorse's headstone highlights a forgotten part of the Hendrie Park Gardens' history.
Places witchlifts Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Hamilton, Ontario
Abandoned Skate Park on the Bruce Trail
An abandoned skate park located in the middle of the wilderness.
Burlington, Ontario
LaSalle Marina
The world's largest swan species was saved from extinction thanks to conservation efforts at this park.
As-Sabikah, Tunisia
Chebika Oasis
A gem in the middle of the desert that looks like it came straight from a fairytale.
Washington, Connecticut
Jason's Haunts
New Preston and Kent, Connecticut - where Friday the 13th, Part 2 was filmed.
Paris, France
Execution Site of Jacques de Molay
The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.
Alexandria, Egypt
The Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa
A subterranean necropolis blending Egyptian, Hellenic, and Roman traditions and art styles.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Morning Glory Pool
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
Chicago, Illinois
Music Box Theatre
A historic 1929 art-house cinema that features independent, classic, cult, and foreign films in an atmospheric setting.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Alamogordo Landfill
Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.
Downe, England
Down House
The Origin of On the Origin of Species.
Princeton, New Jersey
Laurence Hutton Collection of Life and Death Masks
One man's lifelong obsession with death.
Statesboro, Georgia
U.S. National Tick Collection
The world's largest collection of ticks.
Paris, France
The Wax and Bone Relics of Saint Vincent de Paul
Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.
Paris, France
Chapelle Notre Dame de la Medaille Miraculeuse
A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.
Paris, France
Grande Galerie de l'Évolution
Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.
Paris, France
The Relics of St. Genevieve at St-Etienne-du-Mont
The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.
Paris, France
The Relic Crypt of St. Helena at Église Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles
This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.
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Paris, France
Musée Dupuytren
Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.
Paris, France
Museum of the History of Medicine
One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.
Cologne, Germany
Church of St. Ursula
A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.
New York, New York
The Hidden Art Deco Tunnel Underneath the New Yorker Hotel
The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.
Ipswich, Massachusetts
Ipswich Devil’s Footprint
According to legend, the Devil left a footprint behind after an epic showdown with a traveling priest.
Pere Cheney, Michigan
Pere Cheney Cemetery
All that remains of a vanished Michigan lumber town, remembered for tragedy, plague, and a witch’s curse.
