Places ttmurphytt Wants to Go

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Over 3km of caverns and caves at the Switzerland-France border contain the largest underground river in Central Europe.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

A gothic church dedicated to the love of wine.

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

Moorish signal station on a stratgic rocky outcrop.

Bold black and white motifs of life and death add a dramatic flair to this 17th-century crypt.

Holding the current title of "biggest chair in the world," it stands with little fanfare in Lucena, Spain.

Rare karst landscape eroded from a flat seabed.

This quaint Spanish village agreed to be painted blue as a marketing stunt but found that they preferred it that way.

A Spanish town built into the cliffs.

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

Natural mummies hidden in the crypt of a medieval French church.

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.