Places frances van woglom Wants to Go

Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

America's smallest town is run by its single citizen/mayor/librarian/bartender.

An eclectic assortment of medieval architecture in a small Iowa town.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.

Carved into living stone, a beloved roadside chapel peacefully welcomes the faithful and curious alike.

A 12th-century castle featuring a sensory path where partially-sighted visitors can experience regional history through touch and sound.

Resting peacefully between two majestically-slanted trees, this roadside water trough circulates water peacefully.

The cave of a 12th-century hermit is still visited and venerated today.

This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.

This tri-part waterfall is a little bit of fairytale beauty in the heart of Luxembourg's Little Switzerland.

In the heart of Luxembourg's "little Switzerland" weaves a breathtaking natural sandstone canyon with a mythological past.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.

These ruins reveal the remarkably intact layout of a Roman marketplace.

These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.

This Belgian theme park began as a refuge for bored church children and was closed down when a boy lost an arm.

This old, abandoned hotel offers magnificent views.

This cryptic monument honors a mysterious dead woman, despite her identity being lost centuries ago.

Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

The ruins of a medieval castle that once belonged to one of the most powerful families in the Netherlands.