Places carriedower Wants to Go

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

The oldest of Venice's plague quarantine stations, designed to keep the medieval city safe from disease.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

Venice's island of the dead.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

Where visitors can play more than 150 retro arcade games.

An underground city beneath Krakow's postwar socialist utopia.

A collection of modern and vintage pinball machines housed in the cellar of a 15th-century building.

At first glance, this area seems like just another city park, but the lush landscape hides a dark past.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

This ornate neo-Gothic mausoleum honors the man behind the Mercedes name—and the daughter who inspired it.

This saucy statue once caused outrage among locals.

A memorial to honor those who were killed in a Bastille Day terror attack in Nice.

The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.

This quaint Spanish village agreed to be painted blue as a marketing stunt but found that they preferred it that way.

This surreal-looking tree pruned more than 1,000 years ago is still producing olives for oil.

Step into the past of this Andalusian town through exhibits with traditional tools, local crafts, and cultural artifacts.

Sample Spanish wines under frescoes in a historic monastery of "barefoot old men."