Places ValarieD Wants to Go

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

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

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

English-speaking soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II, before the town’s name changed.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

One of the largest mud-brick structures in the world.

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

This neo-Gothic monastery offers a rare chance to witness the unique maned wolf right up close.

This small museum celebrates the history of the Ouija board and its connection to the city of Baltimore.