Places Mathias Van de Velde Wants to Go

A hidden highland of peaks and pastures, largely unchanged since medieval times.

A museum of tiny buildings in the tiny country of Andorra.

Defy gravity at this fascinating Pyrenees overlook platform.

This hidden courtyard in the Andorran capital hosts a unique contemporary sculpture park.

You can still walk across this beautiful medieval bridge in Andorra.

In one of the smallest countries in the world stands an original Salvador Dalí sculpture.

This natural crater along the coast of Jersey may take its name from the devil statues who have watched over it.

A statue erected in honor of the toadish nickname given to Jersey residents by the French.

Thousands of miniature bronze sculptures have taken over this city square creating a unique art installation.

The world's northernmost botanic garden has 25 collections of plants from arctic and alpine regions.

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

At this Arctic outpost, get to know members of the indigenous Sámi community and meet their herds.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

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

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

Stay overnight in the world's most sleekly designed rabbit hole, free of charge.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

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

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

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

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

Two beautiful Victorian-era parks replete with ornamental waterfalls and lakes.

This park is home to around 500 bird species.