Places Laura Andersen Wants to Go

This series of underground chambers contains Europe's largest subterranean lake that is slowly drained each day.

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.

A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

Each year melting snow turns these Austrian hiking trails into scuba zones.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

This tiny cabin was home to one of Iceland's most famous painters and was the only land he ever owned.

A "simple-hearted artist" turned an isolated Icelandic valley into his own art museum.

This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

Climbing Iceland's highest peak on the rim of the Oræfajökull volcano.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

Outlaws, hot springs, and tragedy have all left their mark on this ancient road in the Icelandic highlands.

The Arctic Circle runs through this isolated spot north of Iceland.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.