Andros, Greece
Tourlitis Lighthouse
Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.
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Andros, Greece
Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.
Zakinthos, Greece
Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.
Kalabaka, Greece
Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.
Vienna, Austria
Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.
Edinburgh, Scotland
These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.
Lahnstein, Germany
Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Lohmen, Germany
Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
Neustadt an der Donau, Germany
The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.
Dingolfing, Germany
In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.
Metten, Germany
This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.
Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.
Berlin, Germany
Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.
Berlin, Germany
Visitors can explore the role of mysticism throughout the ages inside this interactive museum of magic.
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
Berlin, Germany
A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.
Matavun, Slovenia
This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."
Wrocław, Poland
This ex-prison dates back to the Middle Ages.
Salzburg, Austria
These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.
Karpacz, Poland
This fairytale medieval church in Poland originally spent centuries in Norway.
Bochnia, Poland
Poland's oldest salt mine has nearly everything one needs to live underground forever.
kłodzki, Poland
Naturally formed rock city in Poland.
Warsaw, Poland
The final resting place of more than 200,000 people, this is one of the largest cemeteries in Europe.