Places Deirdreod Wants to Go

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.