Places White Rat Wants to Go

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

Inside this church, a monument honors the first burial site of the famed philosopher.

Sweden's first electric elevator remains hidden within a fortress-like building.

Finally reunited, the three effigies now stand in a museum courtyard.

Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.

A Japanese video game arcade hides in the back of a Swedish pool hall.

Located in an old church, this brewery produces a different kind of holy water.

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.

Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.

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

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

One of the most photographed buildings in a city known for its Modernista architecture is an abandoned squat.

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.