Places pepper Wants to Go

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

The middle finger of modernity.

Two gravestones clasp hands over the religious divide.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

An old mining site that is slowly being reclaimed by nature.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

A centuries-old complex of hand-dug stone chambers has sheltered locals in times of trouble.

This small commune with an even smaller name appears to have an unlikely amount of dead ancestors.

An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

Invisible bridge parts the waters, invoking biblical images and preserving the ominous feel of an ancient moat.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

A triumphal steel arch on the side of a German mountain.