Places thirstymaenad Wants to Go

Historic psychiatric asylum and most-filmed location in the Great White North.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

The oldest operating cemetery in Denver is the eternal home of some of the Centennial State's most famous residents.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

Legend has it that any woman who kissed this statue would soon be married.

The remains of St. Lucius of Chur were said to be kept in this crypt for several centuries.

Everything from alchemy books to building plans for the Eiffel Tower are housed inside this museum.

One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.

This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.

The immortal Hollywood star rests in peace in an unassuming Swiss village cemetery.

For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

The only ancient site that remains on the south bank of the sacred Ilissos river.

This beehive tomb built for royalty sat hidden for over 3,000 years.

This small museum once served as a royal hunting pavilion for King Otto Friedrich Ludwig.

This ancient statue of Dionysus lies unfinished and abandoned in one of Greece's oldest quarries.

This 13th-century monastery chiseled into the side of a mountain is equipped with a bridge that can be lifted to protect against raids.

A sprawling collection of books and manuscripts about ancient Greece that would have put their famed libraries to shame.

Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.