Places Max xaM Wants to Go

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

A famous big wave from Japan serves as a tribute to the victims of the disastrous Elbe flood.

These mysterious circular formations are actually remnants of 19th century gristmills.

A stone in Wolin, Poland, marks the possible location of a legendary Viking fortress.

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

A Saxony castle houses one of the largest and most outstanding mineral collections in the world.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

Sweden's southernmost prehistoric rock art is hidden just outside Gothenburg.

Iron Age grave stones and Viking burials, a short drive from Gothenburg.

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

Made from trees and then abandoned, this fence is still growing along a path in Germany.

To the great disappointment of doomsdayers, this codex merely contains records of the Moon and Venus.

A geological wonder that helped fuel myths of trolls and giants.

A peat bog in southern Sweden provides a cozy and photogenic home for junked Volvos, Saabs, and the occasional American muscle car.

This collection of Dwarf beech trees were once believed to be enchanted trolls in disguise.

Rocks carved with biblical passages in the 1800s.

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.

A granite rock formation littered with various species of moss, lichen, and fern.

This stone quarry was used to make axes and other tools more than 6,000 years ago.

The world's only above water sand volcano, believed to once be the bathtub of a priest.

These Bronze Age rock carvings are among the oldest in the region.

According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.