Places raquel9e Wants to Go

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

Cycle the solar system—from the sun to Pluto—right here on earth.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

This gem from the industrial age helps visitors and residents alike traverse hilly Stockholm.

Sweden's largest optical telescope sits on a rooftop in Stockholm.

The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.

Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.

The single richest source of elemental discoveries in the world.

Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

Early habitat dioramas and home of the elusive gaff, the skvader.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

The world's largest model of our planetary system.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

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

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

This sidewalk monument honors more than 50 civil rights activists who helped change the face of America.

World's largest magnetic research facility.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.