Places nnugget11 Wants to Go

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The walls of this medieval church are covered with perfectly preserved frescos, including a pristine example of the Dance of Death.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

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

Preserved "bog person" that is over 2,000 years old.

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

A Red Cross memorial museum at the site of the Niš concentration camp that operated for four eventful years during World War II.

One of the world's most unusual events combines headbanging and needlework.

Finnish lake, and scene of an infamous murder mystery.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.

Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.