Places hanssterkendries Wants to Go

For over 40 years, this quaint little house has teetered on a rock in the middle of a river.

This memorial park stands on the site of one of the largest mass executions of the Second World War.

This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.

An abandoned 19th-century iron factory perched along the outskirts of an idyllic village.

This region of Slovakia boasts some of the most plentiful opal mines in the world.

The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.

An unusual abandoned church damaged in World War II sits in a small village outside Moscow.

An abandoned town of skeletal wooden homes.

Abandoned castle was once a grand example of Russian privilege, built exclusively to win a frivolous bet between noblemen.

The world's second-largest excavated hole.

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

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.

The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

The crumbling ruins of an abandoned 12th-century monastery.

This enigmatic Roman tower lurks just outside Belmonte.

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.

Rainwater transformed this old quarry into a peaceful pond you won't find in most tourist books.

Depending on the region's rainfall, this church may be partially submerged.

It's unclear what caused the fire that led to this opulent hotel's demise.

At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.