Places Donna McColl Wants to Go

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

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

This Peruvian bone silo lined with hanging human skeletons and hundreds of skulls is topped with a remarkable Michelangelo replica.

Stand on the rim of a dormant volcano and gaze across a vast ash plain frozen in time.

The legendary wooden horse that stands in modern Troy is a prop from the 2004 Wolfgang Petersen film.

Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.

These unique and ever-changing caves are a wonder of Iceland.

A tiny village church in dramatic surroundings.

This departure gate in Austin's airport sends travelers to over 120 imaginary destinations.

A canvas of crops grow from vibrant red soil in this terraced farmland.

The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

A shining memorial to a Belgian hero is said to bring luck to anyone who touches it.

Petting this mysterious iron monkey supposedly brings good luck.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

The Vietcong leader isn’t the only symbol of late 20th-century counterculture represented in this statue.

A beautiful mausoleum is the crown jewel of a preserved ancient city in Central Asia.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.

This sanctuary is home to donkeys who finally get to rest after a life of toil.

Go inside a revolutionary, cage-less zoo where 35 species live and some of them roam free alongside their human visitors.

A rehabilitation center for confiscated, orphaned, and abandoned chimpanzees.