Places NycterisBerna Wants to Go

Enjoy a flaming concoction steeped in steampunk, magic, and alchemy at this experimental cocktail bar.

This cabinet of curiosities contains many special and fantastical objects from around the world.

The only museum dedicated to the American street artist is in rural Japan.

The highest concentration of Art Deco buildings in the world.

St. Peter’s, in Western Germany, has stood as a masterpiece of Romanesque architecture since 1181.

The devil-defying mark left by a saint as a boy is visible inside Lisbon's cathedral.

Cages that once displayed the bodies of executed leaders hang from a German church tower.

This sprawling stone mosaic on Berlin’s Museum Island transforms archaeological finds and local legends into a walkable work of art.

This is the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler Vlad III Dracul.

The poet’s tombstone keeps getting vandalized by her fans.

A haunting museum chronicling the bloodiest battlefield of World War I.

Curated with the cooperation of the passengers and their families, this museum tells the story of the 29 victims and 16 survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571.

This historic stadium was built to host the first-ever FIFA World Cup.

A replica of a famous Greek statue adorns the front of the unusual home of architect and alchemist Humberto Pittamiglio.

This beautiful example of neoclassical architecture is one of Uruguay's most treasured cultural gems.

The design of the Palacio Salvo has been described as "a lighthouse on top of a building."

The oldest café in Montevideo preserves its history as the city's bohemian hub.

A collection of unique, and sometimes terrifying, handmade masks and costumes used for local festivals.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

The remains of the debtor’s prison that shaped Charles Dickens’ life and writing.

A striking church with a Tolkien-inspired nickname.

This bookstore for weird fiction doubles as Providence’s de facto center for information about H.P. Lovecraft.

One of the oldest universities in the world exhibits thousands of specimens from its 700-year-old collection.