Places warja Wants to Go

Fall down the rabbit hole into a surreal journey of human consciousness "from ass to soul."

This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

A sweet museum focused on beets.

Half-eaten food on display at an English café.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

Two gravestones clasp hands over the religious divide.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

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

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

An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.