Places stavm Wants to Go

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

An eclectic art form practiced by untrained masters is celebrated at this museum in the heart of Zagreb's old Upper Town.

A self-proclaimed libertarian micro-state on a tiny bit of disputed territory between Serbia and Croatia.

Once a state-of-the-art tuberculosis treatment spa, these ruins are now ruled by paintball players.

The remains of a sunken military ship wreck visible through clear water.

Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

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

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

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

A stunning 18th century pharmacy and medieval chemist's collection.

This Romanian village may have been drowned, but it is long from forgotten.

No one knows who built this strange cave of worship or exactly why.

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

The Jesus tree of Malta bears a striking resemblance to Christ on the cross.

This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.