Places nowickid Wants to Go

An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.

The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

This church sits upon a peaceful hill and a long, turbulent history.

The not-quite-incorruptible St. Bernadette is perhaps the most beautiful of preserved saints—with a little help from Paris.

One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.

A gothic church dedicated to the love of wine.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

Come for the bread-themed puppet show, stay for the buffet.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

Austria’s oldest brewery makes beer with flaming-hot granite.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

A suspended footbridge allows for traversing this gorge carved through the French Alps.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

Trek up this glacier before it disappears.

Unable to build support structures on glaciers, the engineers for this tramway were forced to design a unique system.

At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.

This giant metal cross perched atop a mountain can only be reached by foot.

This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.

When the imprisoned pope's remains were finally returned to the Vatican, his heart stayed behind in France.