Places n3ith Wants to Go

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

A moving and macabre World War I-era painting by the great artist Otto Dix.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

A Viking man's tribute to his brother stands in Gävle's oldest church.

This mysterious runestone embedded in a church wall is linked to the medieval cult of Saint Erik.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.