Places alessandralee Wants to Go

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

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

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.

Hundreds of boat-shaped headstones fill this graveyard as part of a centuries-old custom with mysterious origins.

An industrial site turned into Hungary's most cherished natural wonder.

Hungarian self-built castle.

This quaint Hungarian railway system is operated exclusively by children between the ages of 10 and 14.

This Hungarian stilt village is built in a lake that never freezes over due to the power plant that that uses it as a cooling pond.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

Oslo's historic toboggan run has been letting thrill seekers slide from train stop to train stop for over a century.