Berlin, Germany
Spreepark
An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
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Berlin, Germany
An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
Visitors can explore the role of mysticism throughout the ages inside this interactive museum of magic.
Berlin, Germany
A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.
Job, France
Fur-lined metal pod dangling in the French countryside.
Montpellier, France
100-windowed castle turned art gallery, built by one dedicated mason.
La Boulaye, France
On the grounds of a former estate in Burgundy stands an elaborate temple that is modeled after the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery.
Plouha, France
Medieval Danse Macabre Fresco in Northern Brittany.
Lanleff, France
The precise origins of this pink sandstone temple are unknown.
Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France
Each of these hand-painted wooden boxes, which date to between the 16th and 19th centuries, contains a genuine human skull.
Brest, France
Admire endangered plants in a verdant garden that looks straight out of a Monet painting.
Saint-Rivoal, France
An isolated 17th-century chapel on a remarkable site once dedicated to Celtic sun worship.
Andouillé-Neuville, France
This roadside shrine to an unofficial saint has welcomed the wishes and prayers of local believers for generations.
Iceland
Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.
Iceland
This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.
Iceland
A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.
Iceland
This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.
Húsafell, Iceland
Travel deep inside of Europe's second largest glacier in the world's largest man-made ice cave.
Iceland
A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.
Iceland
Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.
Iceland
A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.
Iceland
This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.
Reykholt, Iceland
This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.
Skogar, Iceland
The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.
Iceland
These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.