Places Ursa Wants to Go

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Nestled in the heart of Milan is a real wunderkammer of morbid curiosities.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

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

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

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

This historical Netherlands fortress still bears the marks of its single siege.

Incredible labyrinth of man made caves.

A 'living museum' in Leiden, the oldest of its kind in the Netherlands.

Seven mini rowhouses fill the gap between 54 and 70 Westerstraat.

A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.

A seven-century-old jail tells a not-so-pleasant history of crime and punishment.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

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

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.