Places daveschaaf Wants to Go

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

These centuries old gardens have been restored to their 17th century condition.

This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

A student driver's nightmare.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

Oslo's historic toboggan run has been letting thrill seekers slide from train stop to train stop for over a century.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

This cobblestoned medieval-style town was entirely constructed in the 1990s and 2000s.

The oldest amusement park in the world has been providing a nice spot to have some fun since the 1500s.