Places HoboHillbilly Wants to Go

The immortal Hollywood star rests in peace in an unassuming Swiss village cemetery.

The remains of this castle, known as the Witch’s Eye, watch over the Thur Valley.

An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

This picturesque castle in Poland has a rich history, including a legend that ties it to lost Incan treasures.

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

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

Bring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.

The lovely lake that was naturally dammed, then naturally destroyed, then unnaturally saved.

Final palace complex of the last of 29 Kokand rulers.

This was once the largest city in Kazakhstan, and a major stop on the Silk Road.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

This mysterious cliffside carving of an ancient Hittite deity has baffled scholars for centuries.

A mountain pass in Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains was the site of four historic battles.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.

An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.

This tiny Bulgarian town offers a stunning location in the mountains and a storied history.

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

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

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

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.