Places Sarah Durn Wants to Go

The Pope’s secret escape route.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

The devil masks on display at this small museum are part of an annual festival that has been taking place for centuries.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

Carefully reconstructed after the Bosnian War, this 16th-century bridge stands as a symbol of the country's enduring multicultural heritage.

It's as if the herds walked straight out of a fairy tale into the Missouri wilds.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

This exquisite example of early colonial architecture remains unfinished almost 500 years after construction began.

The ruins of an ancient fortification wall sit in front of and underneath this boutique hotel.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

Mysterious installations bring levity and light to a sometimes stodgy city.

This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.

The bodies of some early polar pioneers are still buried beneath the harsh snows of the Antarctic.

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

The "shampooer of kings" who opened London's first curry cafe was a celebrity in the 19th century, but is all but forgotten now.

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

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

A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.