Places mocchiatto Wants to Go

A site where “the ravages of the war are more striking…than any other place in contemporary Spain.”

The largest medieval water tank on the Iberian Peninsula is preserved beneath the Cáceres Museum.

A medieval village holds a very modern hotel.

Hundreds of preserved dinosaur footprints can be found along a hiking trail in this small village.

These magnificently sculpted tombs represent Spain's own legendary version of "Romeo and Juliet."

This multi-level, aqueduct-footbridge hybrid is one of the greatest works of the Spanish Renaissance.

During an annual Catholic feast in this tiny Spanish village, men dressed as devils leap over rows of babies to cleanse them of sin.

This awesome Spanish castle is so fantastical it was actually used on Game of Thrones.

A hidden medieval crypt where a famous legend says the devil used to teach black magic.

This line of 12 tower mills described in the story of Don Quixote is among the most iconic landscapes in Spain.

Walk along the intricate path of this stone labyrinth and gardens.

Middle-earth in the middle of Switzerland.

In this 400-year-old hotel in Madrid, you'll find a comb in every room, an old clock, and maybe a ghost.

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

The 606 is a decade in the making.

Landmark Chicago building narrowly avoided destruction.

A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

Parking lot where a Chicago mayor was inaugurated under very sketchy circumstances.

Odd, decrepit fountain honors Chicago author who had mixed feelings about his hometown.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."