Places ncschilp Wants to Go

Two old windmills got a new life as oversized sculptures of a man and a woman.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

This old Estonian mine has been kept like a sprawling time capsule of the local shale industry.

Wars fought and wars won are remembered by these abandoned bunker ruins.

Hundreds of unusual wheel crosses poke above the earth in this small Estonian cemetery.

The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.

This abandoned fighter jet launch center is now a haunting street racing course.

Rusted cars, trucks, and buses form a fascinating collection of Soviet-era machinery.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

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

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'