Places Laura Andersen Wants to Go

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

These recently uncovered walls are all that's left of Washington, D.C's first defense contractor.

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.

A communal oasis on Lake Zurich.

An 11th-century fortress home to one of the most influential royal houses in medieval Europe.

Abbey built on the ruins of Roman catacombs.

One of the world's largest collections of pharmaceutical artifacts.

For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.