Places DeepFriedDuck Wants to Go

The final resting place of one of the brightest physicists of the 20th century.

Hidden in plain sight, a gravestone seemingly inscribed from the future stands among the cemetery’s historic tombs.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

A hidden workshop for creating and restoring Papal mosaic masterpieces.

Inventive Sicilian specialties are executed with flair at this restaurant overseen by chef Ciccio Sultano.

Once the home of a renowned slaughterhouse, formerly working-class Testaccio is still the place to go for Roman offal dishes.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

These 19th-century military fortifications spanning the island of Malta now form a nice countryside hiking trail.

This medieval village clings to a cliff in southwestern France.

Feast on Middle Eastern mezze from an Israeli expat duo.

William Smith's iconic "map that changed the world" is hidden behind a curtain in the Geological Society building.

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.

An unassuming London park is actually a pilgrimage site for modern clowns.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.

The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.