Places alxndr Wants to Go

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

A symbolic graveyard for the villages that perished during the Nazi invasion of Belarus.

Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.

A gorgeous stone viaduct crosses over a bucolic valley.

Too much gossip or just missing curfew could land you in here for a couple of days.

An abandoned 19th-century iron factory perched along the outskirts of an idyllic village.

This tower in a small Polish village uses the power of a sacred bell to ward off mischievous weather spirits.

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.

This section of the Kennet and Avon Canal has been designated the same level of heritage protection as Stonehenge.

A small church in Uppsala hides the grave of a renowned 18th-century astronomer.

This tiny Swedish troll protects the land and all who wander within it.

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

A Neolithic burial site erected around 3000 BC.

In this brilliant blue spring in Germany, legend has it that a sad mermaid learned to finally laugh.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

The history of this famed tree ranges from an 18th-century highway robber, to the Scout Association.

This operational mill has survived centuries of destruction and construction.

These ruins of Francis Bacon's once-magnificent manor are hidden in the English countryside.

A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.