Places isabelladole Wants to Go

During the French annexation, 36 prisoners were executed using this device.

A bronze statue commemorating the legend of a hellhound haunting the village of De Lutte.

Sweden’s legendary mine with wildly deep tunnels.

This “forbidden” sanctuary has managed to preserve a unique, ancient ecosystem.

A lone nuraghe and a little old church with mysterious origins.

Traces of a Sami settlement and sacrificial site dating back more than 9,000 years.

A beautifully preserved and hidden 16th-century alleyway, tucked behind an unassuming door.

The highest station on the highest adhesion railway in the British Isles.

This cannonball has been lodged in the church wall since a 1695 bombardment destroyed the city center.

Belgium's national heroine turned spy sacrificed her life to combat German occupation.

The only statue of a royal mistress in all of London.

An ancient burial site that lights up with the winter solstice.

A 19th-century home, embellished with gnomes.

Visitors can still take a train to this former train station turned museum.

A giant hand emerging from the ground beckons visitors into a park in Madrid.

This Swedish automobile graveyard is a beautiful gallery of decay, but woe be to any who would steal a souvenir.

The hillside where Edvard Munch experienced the panic attack that inspired “The Scream” offers one of the most striking evening views in Oslo.

This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.

Tens of thousands of tiny bottles stuffed with various items.

Thousands of miniature bronze sculptures have taken over this city square creating a unique art installation.

A microbiologist-chef is slinging noodles with hyperlocal Nordic ingredients.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

Charming small streets lined with well preserved wooden houses dating to the 18th and 19th century.

Feast on cuttlefish ink-stained paella by the beach.