Places sjsagedahl Wants to Go

Site of a tragedy on the Oregon Trail.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

Accessible only by train, the beauty of Agawa Canyon Wilderness Park is worth the journey.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.

Dining in this grain cellar feels like stepping onto a fantasy film set.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

This bunny-eared Moses represents an attempted compromise between two biblical interpretations.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

During World War II, the Nazis repurposed this beer cellar to store stolen artwork.

A museum that chronicles the history of the Nuremberg Trials for Nazi war criminals in the building where the trials were once held.

The "feral child" who appeared in Bavaria in the 19th century remains as much a mystery as his unsolved murder.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

Once the grandest synagogue in medieval Spain, it now stands as a memorial of the 15th-century Jewish exile.

A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.