Places Jochen Duckeck Wants to Go

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

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

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

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

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This mine is home to the largest man-made hole in Europe.

What appears to be an ordinary bridge is actually a rare aqueduct.

Learn the incredible story of how an unassuming spa town was transformed into one of the world’s largest uranium mining sites.

Beer lovers thirsty for knowledge can now visit a museum devoted to the world's largest hop-growing region.

The man who gave his name to magnetic measurement is buried in the city where he did his best work.

Constructed by forced laborers, this submarine pen is now a museum and war memorial.

The first recognized Neanderthal remains were found in this now-lost cave in 1856.

One of the world's oldest fossil exhibits is on display in a beautiful antique "naturalienkabinett."

This rock resembling a turned-up boot has become the symbol of St. Ingbert.