Places zichk Wants to Go

The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.

This extraordinary Viking artifact has traveled throughout the city.

This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

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

One of the most photographed buildings in a city known for its Modernista architecture is an abandoned squat.

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

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

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

A former steam-powered mill from the 1800s is now an industrial park with a giant steel dragon slide.

The studio of Catalonia's most famous theatrical designer remains exactly as he left it.

One of Europe's largest supercomputers is housed inside of a disused chapel.

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

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

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

A stately palace has been converted into the world's largest cannabis museum.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.