Places lorenpringle Wants to Go

Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Sculpture designed by Turkish artist and professor Mehmet Ali Uysal.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

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

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

This stunning mountain lake was named for a pair of tragic lovers whose statues stand at the center.

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

Art becomes an enchanting part of the environment at this wooded sculpture park.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

Known simply as "The Hand," this famous public sculpture in Berlin was featured in a Depeche Mode music video.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.