Random Coolest Places to Spend Your Next Vacation (27 items)

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  (#23) This Grave for a Boy Who Was Raised by Wolves

  In 1725, a teenage boy was discovered in the woods outside of the city of Hamelin, Germany. The boy, or Peter as he came to be called, walked on all fours, spoke no words, and appeared to be literally raised by wolves. He was eventually adopted by the British royal family and was quite the sensation throughout England. Though attempts were made to educate him, Peter never learned to talk, though some claimed he seemed to understand what was being said to him at times. He died at the age of 72 and was buried in the cemetery of St. Mary's Church in Hanover, England. 
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  (#26) This Museum of Doomsday Prophecy

  The Panacea Museum in Bedford, UK is a delightfully odd little place dedicated to preserving the teachings and visions of a prophetess named Joanna Southcott. She was born in 1750, and in her early 40's, Southcott began having a series of visions. She recorded them and sealed them in a box, which was only to be opened during a time of national crisis.

  The Panacea museum was originally built as a place where the bishops of the Church of England could gather and, per Southcott's instructions, study the contents of the box for a full seven days. The Church, however, refuses to give any credence to Southcott or the box, which has remained sealed for 200 years.
  
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  (#6) This Pathway to the Kings of Folklore

  A natural chasm that runs between two moss-covered walls in the English back forest has become a hotbed of British folklore over the centuries. The mossy shadows of the Lud's Church in Staffordshire are said to have been a refuge for Robin Hood and his Merry Men, as well as the inspiration for the "Green Chapel" of Arthurian legend.
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  (#18) These Floating WW2 Relics

  Along the shores of Kent, England you can still see a series of now-abandoned sea forts which once protected the country from the Germans during WW2. After the war, the Maunsell Army Forts were occasionally used for broadcasting pirate radio and were once inhabited by artist Stephen Turner for 36 days. Turner later wrote a book about the experience.
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  (#24) This Wacky Mexican Garden

  The extraordinary surrealist sculpture garden in Las Pozas, Mexico was built by eccentric English poet and artist Edward James during the 1960s-1980s. 
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  (#9) This Stone-Faced, Scary Facade

  Mother Shipton was a shadowy doomsday prophetess who is said to have been born in a cave in the forests of Knaresborough during the Elizabethan era. In addition to her series of morbid predictions for the future, she took credit for all things dark and shadowy in the region, including the well at Mother Shipton's Cave. According to legend, it can turn objects left in its waters into stone. A source of fascination for visitors since 1630, the well is said to be one of the oldest tourist attractions in England. 

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