Places NycterisBerna Wants to Go

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

Of the many chalices in the running for the Holy Grail, this one in Valencia Cathedral sure looks the part.

One of the world's oldest universities houses an incredible collection of anatomical models, mummified body parts, and human bones.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

A site where “the ravages of the war are more striking…than any other place in contemporary Spain.”

One of the largest ossuaries in Spain is packed from floor to ceiling with bones.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

An 1814 castle that hosts an exhibit of "explorabilia".

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

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

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.