Places Grubor Wants to Go

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

Storms, funding, and in-fighting have kept this Bermuda church from ever being completed.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.

These passages carved from the Antarctic ice hold strange shrines to the harsh southernmost climes.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”