Hallstatt, Austria
Hallstatt Charnel House
An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.
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Hallstatt, Austria
An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.
Donaueschingen, Germany
The great Danube river starts here.
Maisons-Alfort, France
The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.
Yagodina, Bulgaria
A spectacular Bulgarian cave resembling a devil's head with a waterfall rushing down its throat.
Jaipur, India
More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.
Golubac, Serbia
This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.
Abhaneri, India
Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.
Bhangarh, India
This abandoned fort is said to be the most haunted place in India, so much so that entry is prohibited after sunset.
Cherrapunjee, India
Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.
Gagra, Georgia
The second-deepest known cave on Earth, hidden in an extremely remote mountain region.
Ali Sadr, Iran
This vast, water-filled underground labyrinth can only be toured by boat.
Shooshtar, Iran
This beautiful system of tunnels built into natural rock serves as a centuries old plumbing system.
Kish, Iran
Hydraulic systems in an ancient underground Iranian city.
L'Alt Empordà, Spain
At the foot of a waterfall lies a peaceful swimming lagoon and evidence of over 60,000 years of human habitation.
Averøy, Norway
A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.
Luster, Norway
A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.
Luster, Norway
An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.
Bergen, Norway
The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.
Kvam, Norway
Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.
Odda, Norway
Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."
Forsand, Norway
This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.
Helsingborg, Sweden
From Coke II to Google Glass, this exhibit features some of the most spectacular commercial flops.
Frederiksberg, Denmark
A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.
Kirnitzschtal, Germany
A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.