Places caitmckay Wants to Go

The twice-stolen hand of an alleged card cheat, with its final set of playing cards.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

Slip in a slide while waiting for the ferry.

The Painted Ladies of Ontario aren’t your average beach homes.

A futuristic-looking beach house built for the owner of a snack food brand.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.

This centuries-old pueblo church houses the body of a Franciscan friar who is said to be a rare "incorruptible" corpse.

This church houses the tomb—but not the remains—of St. Nicholas, the likely progenitor to Santa Claus.

A mysterious ancient cemetery with Roman sarcophagi and Lycian inscriptions.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

With well over 130 falls and cascades to brag about, Hamilton, Ontario has earned its stripes as the waterfall capital of the world.

This Victorian graveyard in Leeds is a macabre collection of beautiful tombs and memorials.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.

A miner's handmade folk art fountains are tucked in the woods off a multilane highway. 

A Swiss magician's vault of oddities.