Places Archaos Wants to Go

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

During World War II, this rice mill became a Nazi concentration camp.

One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.

The walls of this medieval church are covered with perfectly preserved frescos, including a pristine example of the Dance of Death.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.

The housing complex served as an anti-fascist fortress during the Austrian Civil War.

The deepest sinkhole in Central Europe comes with a grisly tale and an unusual nickname: “The Stepmother Abyss.”

The world's largest collection of intentionally useless inventions.

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

A two-way chairlift system between Zugliget and the highest point in the city.

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."