Places AbsoluteNomad Wants to Go

This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.

The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

Something's watching you.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

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

The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.

The immortal Hollywood star rests in peace in an unassuming Swiss village cemetery.

Where Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' and John William Polidori's 'The Vampyre' were born.

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.

The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.