Places Ru Chia Wants to Go

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

The middle finger of modernity.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

These circular ruins are all that remain of a 17th-century Arctic whaling outpost.

Citizens of Norway want to gift the peak of Mount Halti to Finland for its 100th birthday.

This roadside attraction looks like a flying saucer parked atop the tundra.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

What might look like a cliffside sacrificial altar at first glance is actually a stone compass pointing to cities and lighthouses all around the world.

A naturally occurring tunnel in this Nordic mountain makes it look like it's been shot.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

A reconstructed farm shows what life was like in Norway 1,500 years ago.

Thousands of years of crashing waves gave this mushroom-shaped rock its svelte figure.

At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

Stay overnight in the world's most sleekly designed rabbit hole, free of charge.