Places curly nomad Wants to Go

The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.

The walls of this medieval church are covered with perfectly preserved frescos, including a pristine example of the Dance of Death.

An otherworldly alpine pasture in Slovenia with historical ties to WWII and architecture that recalls Middle Earth.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

These giant yellow bowling pins seem to be defying gravity.

This jellyfish provides clean water for an entire Dutch province.

This windmill has been grinding pigments for traditional paints for more than 200 years.

This may be the world's only drive-through windmill.

A retail shop has preserved the 17th-century food cellar from the old building it now occupies.

A farm turned upside down.

For over 100 years the most important physicists in the world have autographed this university wall.

Albert Einstein would often sit in this chair during visits to the observatory to discuss science with Willem de Sitter.

Dutch woodpile home in the forest.

This artificial ring island was built to hold cubic tons of polluted dirt.

The nerve center of a massive, state-of-the art radio telescope that sprawls across Western Europe.

The struggle of a small Dutch island against the sea.

Organisms normally seen under a microscope decorate this church.

Watch the local Netherlands birds from inside this giant eco-egg.

A radio telescope for listening to the stars, based in one of the cloudiest countries in the world.

This 11th-century castle sits so low you can't see it behind the surrounding buildings.

Scale model of St. Peter's Cathedral (Rome) in the middle of a small Dutch town.