Places Lis Charlotte Wants to Go

This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.

Glasgow’s piece of the patron saint of love.

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.

Locals say the stone that marks the spot where the gallows once stood can lead you astray.

A Baroque mansion with ties to legendary magicians and alchemists.

A cheeky reminder about the value of art dangles above one of Olomouc's busiest streets.

The largest manmade caves in Europe now function as a motorbike club's headquarters.

The 14th-century ruins are said to contain healing powers.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

The rusted creatures wait to be discovered in Prague's botanical garden.