Places samuelgean Wants to Go

A hidden workshop for creating and restoring Papal mosaic masterpieces.

The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.

The final resting place of an iconic drag performer is decorated with pearls and hot-pink lipstick.

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.