Places Vrielinkie Wants to Go

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

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

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.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

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

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

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

A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

This architectural beauty is the home to a personal collection of more than 600 examples of mechanical musical instruments.

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

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

Descend into the tunnels to experience the life of a coal miner.

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

Museum covers every step of the chocolate-making process, from cultivation to the finished product.

This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.