Places johannanico Wants to Go

The hidden ruins of an old hydroelectric plant reclaimed by nature.

An ancient Roman theatre restored to its former glory in the Spanish city of Cartegena.

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

Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.

For one day every month Barcelona's Estació de França transforms into a market for model trains.

This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.

The lengthy skeleton of one of the tallest Spaniards of all time is on display in Madrid.

18th century anatomical amphitheater of the Royal College of Surgery of Barcelona.

The oldest giants in Catalonia are now displayed in a 14th-century Gothic church.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

One of the world's oldest universities houses an incredible collection of anatomical models, mummified body parts, and human bones.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.

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

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

This parody of ecclesiastical cloisters features famous figures from the 20th century.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.