Places lorenpringle Wants to Go

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

Legend says this demonic carving inside a medieval cathedral was one of Satan's minions.

The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.

For part of the year, this innovative greenhouse is painted white to keep the plants from getting scorched.

A peace symbol in Northern Ireland is among the world's largest hedge mazes.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

The first and only troll museum in Norway has interactive exhibits, friendly staff and a small gift shop.

The remains of a German plane still sit in the Norwegian wood where it crashed in 1942.

A memorial to 350 people burned at the stake for witchcraft.

Research station devoted to mysterious floating lights seen in a Norwegian valley.

The grounds and buildings of an old wood pulp mill have been transformed into an innovative art park and museum.

This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.

This handsomely carved wooden church is more than 800 years old.

Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.