Tallinn, Estonia
KGB Museum
"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Tallinn, Estonia
"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.
Milan, Italy
This camera store in Milan holds one of Europe’s largest collections of luxury-antique cameras.
Milan, Italy
Sip a Negroni Sbagliato in the bar that invented it.
Milan, Italy
The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.
Milan, Italy
Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.
Milan, Italy
One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.
Milan, Italy
A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.
Baltimore, Maryland
The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Baltimore, Maryland
This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Baltimore, Maryland
It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”
Baltimore, Maryland
Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.
Chur, Switzerland
The remains of St. Lucius of Chur were said to be kept in this crypt for several centuries.
Aulendorf, Germany
Two elaborately decorated "catacomb saints" are displayed on either side of the altar in a small church in Germany.
Milan, Italy
Saint Borromeo often prayed in this austere crypt during the 16th century.
Vienna, Austria
The hearts of 54 Habsburg royals received special burials here separate from their bodies.
Lastingham, England
Thought to be the oldest Norman crypt in the world.
Kamp-Lintfort, Germany
This Cistercian monastery was the first in the German-speaking world
Durham, England
The former "holiday home" for monks at the Durham Cathedral.
Cleveland, Ohio
This Cleveland mansion has played host to a German singing group, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, a funeral parlor, and many civil rights meetings.
Cleveland, Ohio
This retired stagecoach tavern is the oldest building in Cleveland.
Cleveland, Ohio
Old car parts and assorted materials get turned into one man's mechanical treasures on the side streets of Cleveland.
Cleveland, Ohio
This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."