Comuna Obreja, Romania
Tunnel of Love
The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Comuna Obreja, Romania
The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.
Densuș, Romania
One of the oldest churches in Romania is believed to have been built on the site of a pagan temple.
Mexico City, Mexico
The turquoise-studded skull of a long-dead Aztec man sits within Mexico City’s Museum of Anthropology.
Kayaköy, Turkey
A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.
Aurora, Texas
This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Looking for a unifying history, Uzbekistan finds its answer in a 14th Century Turco-Mongol conqueror... despite the fact he wasn't Uzbek.
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Where Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug Pit.
Santa Coloma de Cervelló, Spain
The abandoned ruins of a beautiful medieval castle just outside Barcelona.
Barcelona, Spain
A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.
Barcelona, Spain
This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.
Barcelona, Spain
Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.
Barcelona, Spain
A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.
Barcelona, Spain
This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.
Tarsdorf, Austria
American soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II.
Salzburg, Austria
This strange statue features a bust of the famous composer plopped atop a woman's body.
Salzburg, Austria
The amazing wonder cabinets of a very rich Austrian archbishop.
Salzburg, Austria
Mozart's skull may be held in this collection, but definitive proof continues to elude scientists.
Salzburg, Austria
Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.
Salzburg, Austria
Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.
Vienna, Austria
The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.
Tomar, Portugal
Europe's largest collection of matchbox designs is a fascinating exploration of the cultural history of the world.
Hildesheim, Germany
The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.
Mexico City, Mexico
Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.