Places nellie Wants to Go

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

It is said a heartbroken man visited the gap every day to stare blankly out at the sea.

Every year locals give the bear a fresh coat of paint to preserve its signature goofy grin.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

Ask nicely, and stewards of a centuries-old charitable tradition will give you free bread and beer.

This sign marks the entrance to a tiny proto-state within the small country of Moldova.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.

At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.

Flaming barrels of tar race through these village streets on Bonfire Night, a tradition that dates back centuries.

This former quarry is now a vibrant labyrinth of magical in situ sculptures.

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

A bay of elaborate, historic toilets are held in high esteem at this Scottish dock.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.

This Cheshire museum has cuckoo clocks, a rare pipe organ and vintage motorbikes. But mostly cuckoo clocks.

A small village in two different countries.