Places tiresias Wants to Go

A monk spent 14 years carving steps through tuff to make this religious site more accessible to pilgrims.

The oldest operating roller coaster of its kind, the Montaña Suiza has been thrilling riders since 1928.

This Navarrese cave's history of witchcraft and pagan ritual is not just embraced, but recreated each year.

The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

BDSM, 1930s Style.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

Limestone grottoes turns everyday objects into stone.

Longest canal tunnel in the world, abandoned in the 1960s.

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

Sail in for a ’dam good slice.

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

This museum inside Amsterdam's largest cemetery explores how people deal with death.

The former home of a mad diplomat is said to still be marked in bloody, arcane scrawls.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

Seven mini rowhouses fill the gap between 54 and 70 Westerstraat.