Places ElSilencio Wants to Go

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.

An ornate private entrance to the Vienna subway built specifically for the emperor.

This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."

The personal charnel house of Anton Bruckner.

The world's largest collection of intentionally useless inventions.

A neo-Gothic mansion now houses a wunderkammer of analog tech that hits on all the senses.

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Inside the corridors of this flea market, visitors are sure to find some obscure and odd treasures.

Devilish masks, handicrafts, and pieces of old buildings create a snapshot of life in a historic Alpine region.

The first modernist church in Europe.

This grand manse has been transformed into a museum devoted to one of the founders of Fantastic Realism.

Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.