Places kyrstyn03 Wants to Go

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

A habitable museum, or a time machine into Romania’s Communist era?

Popular river that runs through the remote Serbian municipality of Leskovac.

This 11th-century structure is one of the oldest churches in Romania.

Legend has it fairies gathered at the site of this medieval castle.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

This is the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler Vlad III Dracul.

Roma who struck it rich in the 1980s built extravagant mansions in this small Romanian town.

This enormous abandoned prison was once dubbed the "Bastille of Romania."

This eccentric folly house was designed by Romanian thinker Bogdan-Petriceicu Hasdeu, with a helping hand from his deceased daughter's spirit.

A muddy alien landscape that is home to rare species of exotic plants.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

Romania's only crater lake with water as pure as if distilled.

Visit an imposing 13th-century Transylvanian citadel lurking not far from the region's more heavily touristed attractions.

The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

The site of the "Bone Wars" between two rival paleontologists during the dinosaur rush of the 19th century.

A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.

A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.

A rare stone ledge where the poor once received their share in the churchyard

It isn't often that you wish to see humps on the road, but this beloved dromedary is an exception

Hidden deep in the Joshua Tree Wilderness, this 1940s miner's cabin built into a gap between two mega-sized boulders.