Places Jason C Wants to Go

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

A mysterious carving from 17th-century London seemingly depicts a young boy sitting on a bread basket.

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

The Brutalist building harbors an unusual inverted dome that swoops down over its central sacred room.

This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.

This monolithic slab of art metal crowns a German slag heap.

A beautiful collection of taxidermy birds and rare pomological wax models.

An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.

The great Danube river starts here.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

From Nazi chemicals to the CIA, this architectural marvel has played a fascinating role in German history.

Called the "Armenian Stonehenge," this ring of menhirs pierced with holes may be a prehistoric astronomical observatory.

Local legend says that whoever burns down this 2,000-year-old tree will only have seven days to live.