Places Hitodama Wants to Go

Known as the Royal Palace of the Euganean Hills, this often overlooked castle has been home for multiple noble families over the centuries.

Despite its romantic name, this cross marks the site of a tragedy (and, incidentally, an ancient frontier)

The tallest church in Mechelen might have been the tallest in the world if not for a lack of funds.

An unsettling sculpture of a boy hanging out in a street in Ghent has been baffling visitors for years.

Tiny sculptures hidden in plain sight miniatures in Namur.

This is a surprising Art Deco district in a city with a history dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries.

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.

Denmark’s oldest bakery is home to the 'Wednesday Snail,' one of the best cinnamon rolls on the planet.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

One of Scandinavia's largest mosaics pays tribute to Danish art and science luminaries.

This ordinary street was made infamous by a legendary visit from the devil.

A museum dedicated to the centuries-old cave dwellings that housed marginalized communities on the outskirts of the former capital of Muslim Spain.

Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.

An underground city of salt.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

Among the oldest structures in Madrid, these Moorish walls once guarded the medieval city of Mayrit.