Places agilberthughes Wants to Go

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.