Places philippe gonzalvez Wants to Go

In memory of The Blur Building, the temporary exhibition pavilion of vaporous nothingness.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

150-year-old satirical tableaus made from stuffed frogs.

Spiral alpine structure provides an alternative experience of viewing the Matterhorn.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

Venice's island of the dead.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

While most books are made of wood, these wooden books are truly made of, and all about wood.

The oldest of Venice's plague quarantine stations, designed to keep the medieval city safe from disease.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

A medieval fresco which reminds visitors that death will come for us all.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

The Cathedral of St. Ambrose has been hiding a special parishioner within its walls.