Places sndikic Wants to Go

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

Once the hottest nightclub in France, Amnesia now lies in ruins after a 2000 bombing.

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.