Places caitmckay Wants to Go

A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

Distressing images of the Last Judgement adorn the walls of this medieval sanctuary named for St. Patrick.

This museum is home to 22 panes depicting skeletons dressed in colorful garments.

A curious memento mori hangs in the magnificent Cathedral of Segovia.

Five painted skeletons are hiding behind a church in this tiny village in the Italian Alps.

This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.

A medieval fresco which reminds visitors that death will come for us all.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

A stunning Art Nouveau cinema in the heart of Budapest.

This historic Art Nouveau townhouse was the former home of the son of a famous chemical inventor and industrialist.

Inside the cloister of the Temple of San Juan Bautista is a ceiling decorated with gold Baroque illustrations.

One of the oldest Christian churches still standing in the Americas, and almost certainly Mexico's oldest in continuous use.

This extraordinary art museum is like a secret world on the edge of Mexico City.

A small pack of an ancient, hairless breed of dog once believed to guide souls through the underworld lives on its grounds.

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.

The summer estate of John Weeks offers dazzling views and a moose captured by Theodore Roosevelt.

Near the summit of Mount Washington, a stone monument remembers a life lost to one of the mountain's infamous storms.

The early 20th-century home features cutting-edge technology of the day, such as ammonia refrigeration and needle showers.

The strange, ritualistic-seeming 100+ year old basement of a New Hampshire undergrad society.

Generations of rockhounds got their start at this beloved, historic mine.

A 12,000-year-old bog boasting rare plants and fauna.