Places Ryg03 Wants to Go

Saint Joseph was said to heal the deaf and blind, but it was a much smaller miracle that got him canonized.

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

Remnants of a 4th-century church with vivid medieval frescoes and ancient sarcophagi hide beneath this old basilica.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

Contrary to its heavenly name, this tranquil oasis has a dark and tragic history buried with it (quite literally).

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

Once called "the biggest room in the world," this Victorian-era hall is so large that it contains a smaller 1970s heptagonal theatre.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

The breadfruit-adorned final resting place of the infamous Captain of the HMS Bounty.

A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

A statue of the original Pearly King is hidden in a church's crypt.