Places Cessarine Wants to Go

Now a museum, this building was once a 14th-century monastery and the place where the founder of the Dutch nation lived and was assassinated.

The grave of the famous painter is marked by a simple stone in the ground.

An enormous Polaroid picture adds an artistic flair to Rotterdam.

Old ships and machinery fill a historic harbor in the city that's home to Europe's largest port.

A statue of the second-tallest Dutchman in history.

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

Does this church in Naples hold the true tomb of Vlad the Impaler, the notoriously cruel figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula?

This monumental fountain has moved around the city multiple times.

This 17th-century passageway is home to numerous bookshops, a witch legend, and the oldest pizzeria in the world.

Locals pay their respects at a shrine to soccer player Diego Maradona—which claims to contain a real lock of his hair.

This medieval synagogue survived the Inquisition as a hospital and church.

Spain's unique Mosque-Cathedral has been a place of worship for both Muslims and Christians throughout its history.

A curious carving hides on a marble column in the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba.

Touching this little fossil embedded in the wall of a grand mosque-cathedral may make your wishes come true.

A ceramic postbox where visitors can post original poems and creative messages.

The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.

If you ever wanted to touch a medieval mercenary’s three testicles, look no further.

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

Beautifully decorated tarot cards from the Middle Ages.

A museum entirely dedicated to Bergamo’s tradition of puppetry.

At this rare mosque in Tbilisi, Sunni and Shia Muslims pray side by side.