Places Caytastrophy Wants to Go

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

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

Marking the ancient boundaries of asylum around Beverley Minster.

A modern mini-Stonehenge is hidden in a public reserve, not far from a former Viking stronghold.

A Reformation-era fiery figurehead once denoted this location as a print shop.

Semaphore saints, a golden dragon's head, and a stone carved with religious warnings all call this cathedral home.

This sculpture marks the spot where one of the greatest Roman rulers was proclaimed emperor.

Past the megayachts in the hyper-modern marina of Vouliagmeni is a small, well-hidden chapel adorned with pebbles and maritime imagery.

A stunning little chapel built on a rock in the Mediterranean Sea on the Greek island of Leros.

Believed to be the only Orthodox church in the world that features a free-standing pulpit.

Legends hold that these unusual rock formations were once a bridal party, or perhaps a group of hunters.

The alleged vampires after which these islets are named may have actually been plague victims.

Elaborate stone houses constructed from the ruins of war.

Public water fountains built during the Ottoman Era still stand throughout this seaside town.