Places anfreba Wants to Go

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

One of the oldest masonic temples in the Netherlands, built in 1757.

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

A towering cemetery monument honors a man who threatened to expose the Freemasons and paid with his life.

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

An ancient quarry rediscovered by a dog and claimed by biblical kings, a German cult, and the Freemasons.

A quiet museum preserves the extraordinary relics, processional treasures, and centuries-old traditions behind Catania's famous Feast of Saint Agatha.

Ethereal alien hums and haunting whale songs emitting from...a giant sheet of vibrating metal?

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

The remains of St. Lucius of Chur were said to be kept in this crypt for several centuries.

A communal oasis on Lake Zurich.

This ossuary is more than five centuries old and is heralded as one of the finest in Switzerland.

During the French annexation, 36 prisoners were executed using this device.

Visit a prison tower used during witch tribunals.

Underneath the well-known Lindenhof hides a secret cellar documenting Zurich's early history.

Inside this 3,500-year-old tomb are remarkable ancient Egyptian paintings of African wildlife.