Places eosstar Wants to Go

Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.

The largest known medieval map of the world.

Holy Grotto of Montserrat Monastery holds one of Europe's mysterious black Madonnas.

Outstanding collection of 19th century medical instruments includes a life-size figure cast from as many as 200 cadavers.

Festival of Perpetual Life and Rebirth.

Haunting monument to the German Jewish philosopher who died while fleeing fascism.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.

A castle perched precariously over the Crimean Sea.

"Would you like your sangria in an IV bag, or straight-up?"

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

"World machine" built by an untrained Austrian farmer.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

Mysterious "dots" seen from a satellite in southeast Peru.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

A gallery of underwater art that can be visited by man and fish alike.

A toxic lake near a volcanic caldera that is home to flamingos and other life.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

A Turkish monastery tucked into a cliff wall.