Places bluestorm1738 Wants to Go

This village in Bohemian Switzerland hosts more than 300 wood carvings inspired by fairytales, folklore, and other oddities, as well as a series of Communist-era tanks

A stunning architectural yet functional feat, towering over Oslo.

This abandoned iron furnace was one of the first to use coke—a type of high-carbon fuel—to make iron.

Plagued with warts? Leave a frog at this small shrine in the city of Tosa, and you may be cured.

One of the highest points in Bexar county offers birdseye views of San Antonio and a four-story stone tower.

This church houses the tomb—but not the remains—of St. Nicholas, the likely progenitor to Santa Claus.

A once extravagant mansion, now reduced to ruin.

A monument to the bloody fight against fascism in Slovakia during World War II.

Nine caves filled with recently-discovered archaeological finds under the houses and the streets of the most ancient district of an old town.

This unique bed and breakfast was first constructed during the 1800s by a Russian immigrant family.

This chimney is the oldest free standing industrial chimney in Britain.

This specimen of Mexico's national tree is now central to religious pilgrimage and rituals.

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.

This impressive mural adorns the wall of this 17th-century hotel and honors the literary icon.

The oldest known metal-mining site in England dates back to the Bronze Age.

This Australian ski resort was forced to close due to changing climate conditions.

A hulking remnant of Alaska's industrial gold mining boom in the 1920s.

This beach provides a glimpse of the ancient seafloor without getting wet.

The formidable fowl can be found standing near an isolated hiking path.

Two of the few remaining life-sized Greek bronzes were submerged in the sea for over 2,000 years.

An English brewery transported to North Korea.

One of South America's most exclusive resorts has a storied history dating back to World War II.

In a tower at this centuries-old castle, members of a noble family were imprisoned and left to starve.

A 1940's shrine dedicated to drowned fishermen on the outskirts of Honolulu.