Places remcrae Wants to Go

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

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

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.

A mecca for India's Jains.

This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.

A bisected journey through evolution's history in the heart of Beijing.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

Beijing's expansive subterranean hiding spot now crumbles away as a tourist destination.

This historic Chinese tower was said to have been haunted by fox spirits but is now haunted by a grisly murder.