Places Deirdreod Wants to Go

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

The middle finger of modernity.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

This fairytale inspired, warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.