Places LeahRumsey Wants to Go

1960s modernist architecture in the form of a church and monastery at the foothills of the Andes.

These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.

Lurking among the classical architecture, rose gardens, and art of this historic country house—a crocodile in a bathtub.

This pyramid in southern Sweden houses the remains of an eccentric nobleman, who spent his life doing whatever he felt like doing.

Two elaborately decorated "catacomb saints" are displayed on either side of the altar in a small church in Germany.

Visit the ancient, mysterious Roman catacombs ... in the Netherlands.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Mysterious man-made rock piles form an ancient cemetery on this rocky beach in Norway.

This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

Reputedly based on the tomb of Jesus Christ, this crypt is the oldest surviving structure of any cathedral in England.

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

A hidden tunnel leads to a medieval queen's shrine buried beneath a parking lot.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

Located more than 600 feet beneath sea level, this tunnel boasts the world's first undersea roundabout.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

This ruined castle is said to be the legendary keep of a Viking princess.

This once-majestic, now-abandoned Victorian castle has seen better days.