Places gherardini Wants to Go

Archduke Ferdinand II's collection of rare objects is considered one of the oldest museums in the world.

This mysterious cross appeared on a farmer's lawn in 1972 and has been attracting pilgrims ever since.

The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.

Held in an old church, this clockwork museum maintains a special focus on titanic tower timepieces.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A fortress on this island housed the mysterious prisoner known as the "Man in the Iron Mask" for more than a decade.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

The rubbery beast is sculpted from recycled materials.

Tucked away in a London Tube station, this 1920s linear clock shows the time across the world all at once.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.

One of the smallest churches in the United States is located along the side of the road in a residential neighborhood.

According to Greek mythology, this natural spring is the home of a freshwater nymph.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

A short interpretive trail about one of the first human cultures in North America.

Haunted dolls, macabre artifacts, and more make up the collection of the “most haunted museum in the world.”

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.