Places sarahltait Wants to Go

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

This unique building in the main square stands out among the city's typically Baroque architecture.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

This church is named for one of the most dramatic tales in the early Christian church.

A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.

Dynastic Home of the De Piro Family.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.

This modern New Zealand attraction honors ancient forms of astronomy and scientific understanding.

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.

The crypt under this cemetery's chapel was used as a meeting place by Filipino revolutionaries.

A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

The Bourbon royal family had this unique octagonal hunting "cottage" built on a tiny islet in Lake Fusaro.

A snow-white church overlooking the wonderful Tyrrhenian Sea.

A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.

This stately palace, first built in the 16th century, was converted into a prison in 1830.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Abandoned castle was once a grand example of Russian privilege, built exclusively to win a frivolous bet between noblemen.

The stone walls of a home built to withstand a California wildfire still stand after more than a century.