Places Deirdreod Wants to Go

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

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

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.

An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

One of the world's oldest universities houses an incredible collection of anatomical models, mummified body parts, and human bones.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

At this faithfully preserved medina off the Moroccan tourist circuit you can walk through six centuries of history in one day.

An eerie former warehouse turned cistern turned movie set.

The other side is actually green.

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.

Vast stretch of tide-pools with a unique Moroccan charm.

A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families

World's largest film studio, where visitors tour the decaying sets that litter the harsh desert environment.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.