Places osniken Wants to Go

A 130-year-old urinal is the oldest of Stockholm and perhaps all of Sweden.

A 12th-century church with a medieval fresco and an intriguing “Greek runestone.”

A 200-year-old collection of medical paraphernalia in a historic house.

This collection of 80 polarizing foods aims to challenge your subjective notions of repulsion.

The largest and best-preserved rotunda in Prague.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

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

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

The final resting place of one of Germany's most accomplished Renaissance men.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

A peculiar trapezoidal building covered with wonderful humorous reliefs.

This cheeky statue of a man defecating gold coins graces the facade of a medieval guildhall.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

A centuries-old iron mine is now a paradise for explorers, divers, and spelunkers.