Places Ronja Wants to Go

A small island in Lake Garda that was used as a burial site, pirate hideout, and a monastery.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

The largest medical and anatomical collection in France lies hidden from the public.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

700 iron sculptures crammed into a Mediterranean park.

A 2017 crowdfunding campaign saved this historic castle from being destroyed.

Natural mummies hidden in the crypt of a medieval French church.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.

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

A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.