Places FinalDescent Wants to Go

A king's bloodstained shirt is among the gruesome collection of artifacts displayed below Stockholm's Royal Palace.

Maybe the only restaurant in the world where your seat will be signed by a Nobel laureate.

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

The apartment where Pippi Longstocking came to life.

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

The little church's beautifully frescoed ceiling has earned it the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of Madrid.”

This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

Fully loaded, Tunisian-style sandwiches are on the menu at this unassuming hole-in-the-wall.

Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.

Grab a life-changing ham sandwich at this former horse butchershop.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

A phantasmagoric tomb honors a Belgian artist-scientist's contributions to the world of spooky entertainment.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.