Places Leah Nelson Wants to Go

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

This small Bavarian graveyard is filled with empty graves for German soldiers lost during the World Wars.

Part ski resort, part modern art space, this lodge brings giant metal spiders and bloody doors to the Austrian Alps.

The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.

The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.

Located right outside of Vienna, visitors can take in expansive views of an ethereal forest.

This cubist Vienna church building looks like some sort of alien stonehenge.

A unique opportunity to stay the night in retrofitted sections of sewer pipe.

This 19th century cyclorama acts like an analogue time machine to a different era.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

This former estate of a fascist leader is now a burnt out ruin leading to a system of secret tunnels.

A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.

Each year melting snow turns these Austrian hiking trails into scuba zones.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.

The shell of a medieval fortress offers commanding views of the area it once protected.

Resting in the middle of an Austrian river, this sci-fi "island" lets people cross in neon style.

The world's largest historic armory was established by independent citizens to defend themselves from the wars of larger forces.

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.