Places fkirk10 Wants to Go

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

A gruesome combat between a hunter and a furious momma bear.

This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

These bronze horses on the gates of the Royal Palace of Naples were a gift from a Russian tsar.

This whimsical fountain depicts a winged siren shooting water out of her nipples into the fires of Mount Vesuvius.

Suffocating dogs was a common spectacle in the fumes of this noxious cave.

A surreal botanical garden with an even more surreal tour guide.

This Neapolitan exhibition hall grants weird and wonderful insight into the intricacies of human biology.

An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.

An eerie, little-known Neapolitan museum filled with preserved human remains.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

An unassuming music museum recounts the rags to riches story of a dramatic Portuguese genre.

In addition to showing films, this one-screen arthouse cinema from the late 1940s is a museum of old film equipment.

In the Monastery of São Vicente resides a gallery devoted to a breathtaking collection of seashells.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

The gardens and chambers of this Moorish citadel conjure memories of the Alhambra.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.