Places ariellemia Wants to Go

This deserted town in the hills of Croatia’s "party island" may have a scandalous connection to King Henry VIII.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

This 15th-century church houses priceless works of art from a range of Croatian artists.

A journey through 430 years of bulbiculture in the Netherlands.

Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

A line number in Amsterdam that will likely never be used again due to its tragic history.

The mirrored section takes the shape of Hebrew characters when viewed from above.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

A set of seven houses, each built in a style that represents a European country.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

This contemplative sculpture made out of old machine parts is meant to be the first in a series of sculptures around the world.

Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.

Denmark’s oldest bakery is home to the 'Wednesday Snail,' one of the best cinnamon rolls on the planet.

Bored potato-guarding Nazis etched their thoughts onto a brick storage building in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District.

The extravagance of Portugal’s "Pink Palace" resulted in a noble title being awarded to its owner.

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

Hang with reindeer at this 400-year-old Sámi market.

The largest of Denmark's seven mysterious round churches stands on an island in the Baltic Sea.

The world's largest moose statue towers above the highway between Oslo and Trondheim.

Art becomes an enchanting part of the environment at this wooded sculpture park.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.