Places blackwidow Wants to Go

Each of these hand-painted wooden boxes, which date to between the 16th and 19th centuries, contains a genuine human skull.

A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.

Medieval Danse Macabre Fresco in Northern Brittany.

One of the last Breton ossuaries still preserving the bones of the dead.

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

A former milk-delivery driver and his wife turn their home into a glimmering mosaic.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.

Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

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

Saint Borromeo often prayed in this austere crypt during the 16th century.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

Hidden masterpieces in a small church in the medieval city of Bergamo.

Six paintings reminding you that death is integral part of everyday life.

This sculpture of a rhinoceros suspended above a city square is meant to evoke the weight of the human condition.

Deep in the limestone cliffs of the Alabaster Coast, a German fortress built during World War II.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.