Places Aika Wants to Go

This influential Renaissance-era library was once the haunt of kings and monks.

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

One of the largest wooden constructions in Europe was meant to be a casino, but soon became an orphanage.

One of the cave cities of Crimea, built by the Goths in the sixth century.

At this cemetery, artists are invited to design their own gravestones.

In Faroese legend, this sinister horse-shaped beast lures unsuspecting passersby only to drown them in the lake.

Britain's tallest megalith towers over the cemetery of a quiet English village.

This quaint mortuary chapel hides a stunning Celtic Revival and Art Nouveau interior.

The largest crypt ever constructed in France was built in the 11th century on an ancient Druid sacred site.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

A Moroccan getaway in the mountain range that plays the Himalayas' stunt double.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

This ancient goddess temple inspired the design of India’s Parliament House.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

This architecturally eclectic fortress witnessed centuries of bloody turmoil, including the massacre of its ruling clan.

An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.