Wallachia, Romania
Trovants of Costesti, Romania
The growing stones of Romania.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Wallachia, Romania
The growing stones of Romania.
Hveragerði, Iceland
Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.
Demre, Turkey
A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.
Iceland
A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.
Vác, Hungary
Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.
Raufarhöfn, Iceland
This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.
Iceland
This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.
Baltimore, Maryland
Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.
Venice, Italy
This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.
Reykjavik, Iceland
One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
Salem, Massachusetts
Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.
Werfen, Austria
The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.
Sibiu, Romania
Packed to the ceiling with antique taxidermy and hunting arms.
Canale Monterano, Italy
The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.
Sumburgh, Scotland
This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.
Dusseldorf, Germany
This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.
Athlone, Ireland
The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.
Derinkuyu, Turkey
The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.
Venice, Italy
As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.
Kaymaklı Belediyesi, Turkey
While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.
Budapest, Hungary
Electrical curiosity museum housed in an old transformer station.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.