Places daveschaaf Wants to Go

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

Home to a legend of the supernatural raccoon dog, a rare wooden structure of Edo, and witnesses of the Tokyo bombings.

This water goblin statue represents a 19th-century urban legend about a haunted canal that became a Japanese idiom.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.

This church is considered the largest and most complete Saxon church in England.

The remains of the second-oldest zoo in Europe can be seen within these library gardens.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.

Inaugurated three times, this tower offers some of the best views of Madrid.

A masterpiece of Rationalist architecture in the center of Madrid with lizards on it.

This modernist bridge highlights the bear as a symbol of Madrid.

Built to celebrate the glory of a new queen, this forgotten monument has moved around Madrid three times, reflecting 200 years of political whims and city redevelopment.

This historic fountain is a favorite neighborhood meeting point.

Hidden under a center for the elderly are the dungeons which were used during the Spanish Inquisition.

In this 400-year-old hotel in Madrid, you'll find a comb in every room, an old clock, and maybe a ghost.