Places anhogan Wants to Go

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Saint Joseph was said to heal the deaf and blind, but it was a much smaller miracle that got him canonized.

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

The studio of Catalonia's most famous theatrical designer remains exactly as he left it.

Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.

Possibly the oldest church in Barcelona, this basilica has its pagan and Christian mythologies all mixed up.

An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

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

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

Just another ancient, mysterious Irish stone circle.

This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.