Places NycterisBerna Wants to Go

Possibly the oldest church in Barcelona, this basilica has its pagan and Christian mythologies all mixed up.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

Each of these hand-painted wooden boxes, which date to between the 16th and 19th centuries, contains a genuine human skull.

The former home of Ernst Jünger, an eccentric German novelist, philosopher, entomologist, and psychonaut.

This medieval castle is filled with an eccentric collection that ranges from ancient Egyptian artifacts to taxidermy to a mummified hand that was cut off during a duel.

This dreamlike museum is filled with the works of an influential surrealist artist whose name you may have never heard.

A haunting medieval mural of the Danse Macabre graces the walls of this church.

A park dedicated to the titular writer filled with references to his work.

"Di amigo y entra" at this Argentinian Middle Earth-inspired pub.

This impressive castle looms over small German town.

Wander around the extensive remains of this 12th-century medieval church.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

Statues portraying anatomical deformities were placed in this garden to foster ethical behavior.

Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

This island castle contains enough secret passageways to support a season of Scooby-Doo episodes.