Places alexmschatz Wants to Go

The Spanish writer devoted hours to writing 'Don Quixote' in this house.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.

A 16th-century fortress that was a Nazi-era prison and execution site, now a silent memorial.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

A coin-operated model railway tucked inside a busy train station

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

This Byzantine Church was moved from Paris to Athens block by block.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

The only ancient site that remains on the south bank of the sacred Ilissos river.

An often overlooked ancient site in downtown Athens with substantial history (and nature).

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

This Ottoman-era church is hidden amid a busy tourist area.

According to legend, this ancient column contains healing properties.

Underneath one of the region's most historic roads lies the home of Plato's successor.