Places lirlir9 Wants to Go

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

A century-long search for a church that was never there.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

Ghosts of France's colonial past.

A former squatter's paradise outside Prague.

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.

This cluster of little wooden huts once ground local farmers’ wheat into flour during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.

The ruins of an abandoned crematorium haunt an eerie deserted German cemetery.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

Money made from smuggling sugar helped create this wondrous rock maze in honor of the Prussian Queen Louise.

The world's greatest slide descends 18 stories from this looping mountaintop viewing platform.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.

Massive installation of Europe's negative stereotypes.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.