Places mossenmoons Wants to Go

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

In this nearly 1,000-year-old monastery, monks painstakingly restore old books.

The 16th-century son of Sienese nobility carved this hermitage out of volcanic rock.

A snow-white church overlooking the wonderful Tyrrhenian Sea.

For 60 years, skiers have calmed their nerves with cocktails hidden along these slopes.

Just across from the "Last Supper" painting is the famous painter's vineyard, a gift received for creating the masterpiece.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

If your school was decorated with trippy graffiti, served ambrosial coffee, and was frequented by mimes, it might have been similar to this groovy cafe.

An abandoned World War II tank left to rust in the downland.

An abandoned 18th century manse looks like something out of an Indiana Jones movie.

A museum devoted to the science of color.

This secret garden has bloomed into London's most unique hub of urban creativity.

This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.

A traditional American farmhouse plopped in the middle of a Piccadilly courtyard.

The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

In Warrington’s Golden Square, it's always tea time.

This round structure dotted with portals is one of several pieces scattered throughout Lancashire.

This moss-covered boulder is said to be part of a diabolical plant to sabotage the Durham Cathedral's foundation.

The grounds of this Catholic boarding school are said to have inspired Arthur Conan Doyle and J.R.R. Tolkien.

Hundreds of years ago, this lion-shaped door knocker could help a person accused of a crime find temporary safe haven in Durham Cathedral.

Planes, helicopters, and a shipwreck are underwater in this former limestone quarry.