Places bluefem44 Wants to Go

Star garnets are so rare that you can only find them in two places on Earth—here, you can dig for them.

This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Archduke Ferdinand II's collection of rare objects is considered one of the oldest museums in the world.

Devilish masks, handicrafts, and pieces of old buildings create a snapshot of life in a historic Alpine region.

Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.

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

The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.

A breathtaking viewing platform over the Alps.

The world's oldest known salt mine.

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

The amazing wonder cabinets of a very rich Austrian archbishop.

Epicurean and holy traditions converge in what may be the oldest restaurant in Europe.

The medieval network of canals hidden underneath the city is opened to explorers each year.

These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.