Places vmhenshaw Wants to Go

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

This Gothic Revival castle used as a shooting location for "The Secret Garden" and other films.

The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

The sculptural remains of the last home of a legendary Dada artist.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

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

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

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

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.