Grainau, Germany
Höllentalklamm
A beautiful gorge filled with streams and waterfalls.
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Grainau, Germany
A beautiful gorge filled with streams and waterfalls.
Tripoli, Greece
This church combines Christian, Byzantine, and ancient Greek architectural elements.
Andros, Greece
Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.
Penteli, Greece
Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.
Athens, Greece
This lesser-visited World Heritage site in Athens boasts an impressive ensemble of medieval gold mosaics.
Athens, Greece
The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.
Gdańsk, Poland
The site of the first battle of World War II.
Łapalice, Poland
This imposing 20th-century castle was abandoned before it was ever completed.
Drymen, Scotland
This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.
Potsdam, Germany
A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.
Turnov, Czechia
Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
Lübben, Germany
Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.
Blankenburg (Harz), Germany
A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.
Kamenický Šenov, Czechia
Tall columns of volcanic basalt make up this improbable-seeming rock formation.
Hřensko, Czechia
Europe's largest natural bridge has a 19th century royal chateau built into its side.
Tisá, Czechia
Towering sandstone rock formations where 'The Chronicles of Narnia' was filmed.
Frauenwald, Germany
This German "living museum" is maybe a bit too immersive.
Saalfeld, Germany
"The most colorful grottoes of the world.
Manětín, Czechia
Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.
Krásno, Czechia
A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.
Flossenbürg, Germany
A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.
Kassel, Germany
A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”