Places risingsperanza Wants to Go

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

This memorial park stands on the site of one of the largest mass executions of the Second World War.

A Red Cross memorial museum at the site of the Niš concentration camp that operated for four eventful years during World War II.

A misnamed well, with a deep dark past.

In the hinterlands of Serbia's capital, a giant reflective mushroom houses an aeronautical history of the former Yugoslav republic.

A small memorial to a deadly night in Serbia that shook the world before it was swept under the rug.

Ride in 1960s style on the private luxury train Marshal Josip Tito used to travel around Yugoslavia.

A Serbian church lit by chandeliers made of weapons.

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.

A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.

Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.

The walls of this medieval church are covered with perfectly preserved frescos, including a pristine example of the Dance of Death.

This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

The world's oldest grape-producing vine has survived four centuries of turmoil and even has its own anthem.