Places hanssterkendries Wants to Go

Siberian ghost town built by gulag prisoners.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

A neolithic tomb converted into a tiny chapel.

An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

The struggle of a small Dutch island against the sea.

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

Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.

This beautifully designed star-shaped fort was the premier defense system of the late 1500s.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.