Places Extreme Road Trip Wants to Go

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

Visit the ancient, mysterious Roman catacombs ... in the Netherlands.

A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

One of the Leiden's oldest pubs is also the birthplace of the Heineken star.

A luxury hotel housed in a former 15th century Gothic church.

This unique bridge physically lifts a piece of the road into the air to let boats pass by.

Survival capsules find a second life as a unique hotel.

A Netherlands hotel where you can sleep inside a wine barrel.

The ruins of this Dutch castle sit atop a labyrinth of once-secret tunnels and passageways, dating back over 900 years.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

Hidden within a Netherlands crater is a stone bed that lets those who lie in it see the sky as a curved surface.

This 22-floor tower's Skydeck offers panoramic views of Amsterdam.

Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.