Places hornbackelijah Wants to Go

This iconic rock hermitage was once the abode of a future pope.

The ruins of a rural church and a statue of Archangel Gabriel are tucked away in Majella National Park.

One of the earliest relics of Italian art is this ornately equipped stone soldier.

A galley-shaped memorial to the prisoners of an infamous fortress.

Open since 1912, this restaurant is one of the few left that serves chicken with lobster and other Catalan-style surf and turf staples.

Start your day with a Catalan-style “fork breakfast”—complete with booze—at this rustic restaurant.

A beautiful little museum hidden away in the heart of Barcelona holds a treasure trove of Ancient Egyptian artifacts

This generously endowed statue once stood guard outside a Roman home.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

Travel to the Balearics without leaving Barcelona at this restaurant specializing in Mallorcan cuisine.

Sink your spoon into a luscious crema Catalana at this former urban dairy farm.

Dunk your churros in rich hot chocolate on the city’s old “Chocolate Street.”

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.

These remnants of World War I firing walls can be found in the woodlands of Aldershot.

The former "holiday home" for monks at the Durham Cathedral.

A once grand hotel now sits eerily abandoned in the Catalan countryside outside Barcelona.

One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.

Occupied for six centuries by Franciscan Order nuns, this monastery is an amazing ode to Catalán Gothic architecture.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

An open-air "garden" of mural art that changes weekly.

A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

Behind this unmarked facade lies the original bomba—a crunchy orb of fried mashed potatoes stuffed with minced meat.