Places Madeleine Wants to Go

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

This lost city belongs to one of the earliest civilizations in the world.

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.

"May prick nor purse ne'er fail you."

A curious collection of mechanical moving figures.

Scotland's oldest medieval bridge is also among the last reminders of early medieval Aberdeen.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

A fernery hidden by neglect is uncovered, and an ancient specimen along with it.

The mystery of this small, brick pond eluded its possibly only investigator until his death.

This Scottish bridge seems to compel dogs to leap to their death.

Hidden in a Scotland museum is a copse of extinct tree stumps.

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

The abandoned village of Skarð aptly illustrates the idiom "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

Despite finally receiving electricity in 1970, this tiny town is now deserted.

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.

This tiny cabin was home to one of Iceland's most famous painters and was the only land he ever owned.

Three million year old fossils are exposed for all to see on this Icelandic shore.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.