Places sndikic Wants to Go

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Dummies recreate radiological discoveries from history.

An open-air sewer system that was covered piece-by-piece over 300 years.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

This tiny Bulgarian town offers a stunning location in the mountains and a storied history.

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.