Places NycterisBerna Wants to Go

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

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

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

A treasure trove of fine art is hiding inside this small medieval abbey in Gascony.

The second-largest collection of runic calendar staffs in Sweden.

This Gothic castle-like portal is a testament to the amazing craftsmanship of the navvies who built the railway tunnel.

Legend says this fabled well held part of a mythical Norse tree.

A wooden street sign is the last remnant of this 400-year-old alleyway.

A unique zoological park home to over 30 species of wild cats, both big and small.

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.

One of the most historic cemeteries in Quito is an eclectic mix of architectural styles and famous tombs.

This eclectic sanctuary is a hodgepodge of various architectural styles, all crammed into one building.

Exquisite carvings of leaves, Green Men, and the occasional dragon adorn a medieval chapter house.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.