Places trixievw Wants to Go

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.

Step back in time and witness the fall of Constantinople.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

Have tea in a cemetery with a dazzling view of Istanbul.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

The district's only illusionarium supports free writing programs for local students with every purchase.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

The art museum is decorated with creatively remodeled pre-Nazi swastikas.

This building featuring Brutalist architecture has a rich media production history.

Small Easter eggs are hidden in the ventilation holes of the city's newest trains.

A man has revenged his true love's betrayal through tears and stone genitalia.

This contemplative sculpture made out of old machine parts is meant to be the first in a series of sculptures around the world.

Once a meeting point for great thinkers, and the midpoint of the country.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

A concrete Picasso in the middle of a student housing complex on the outskirts of Stockholm.

"Only the dead get off at Kymlinge."

Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

Villas that once served as playgrounds for the rich now fall away in decay.