Places osniken Wants to Go

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.

French commune at the heart of conspiracies.

At the foot of a waterfall lies a peaceful swimming lagoon and evidence of over 60,000 years of human habitation.

This castle-fortress is a living example of the transition from medieval defenses to modern fortifications.

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

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

The largest cave in Northern Europe.

The ruins of a monastery where Saint Bridget of Sweden had her revelations recorded.

This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.

This pyramid in southern Sweden houses the remains of an eccentric nobleman, who spent his life doing whatever he felt like doing.

This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.

Immortalized by artists, this church incorporates a medieval lighthouse into its shoreside structure.

A functioning Roman-era aqueduct and bridge in rural southwest France.

The site of the first medieval crusade that pitted Christians against Christians.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

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

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.