Places anfreba Wants to Go

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

Celebrating the Eucharist, the day is a legal holiday in many parts of Germany.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

Archduke Ferdinand II's collection of rare objects is considered one of the oldest museums in the world.

Devilish masks, handicrafts, and pieces of old buildings create a snapshot of life in a historic Alpine region.

A unique collection of Swiss art brut and naïve art displayed in an old warehouse.

This statue of a Hindu cosmic dancer at CERN is a metaphor for modern physics.

Where Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' and John William Polidori's 'The Vampyre' were born.

The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.

Extensive private collection of authentic Medieval devices used for human torture and execution.

The last woman executed for witchcraft in Europe is remembered in this Swiss museum.

This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.

For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.

150-year-old satirical tableaus made from stuffed frogs.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.

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