Places tweierick Wants to Go

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

Looking for a crappy restaurant? Pull up a porcelain bowl and enjoy your meal.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

Tucked away in a small German apartment is an eclectic museum devoted to West African vodun culture.

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

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

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

The corpse bride of Portugal.

Local lore says the devil built this beautiful medieval bridge to help a fleeing bandit.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

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

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