Places NicholasManila Wants to Go

The largest catacomb system in the world.

This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

Romania's "Red Ravine" is a little-known natural wonder that bears a resemblance to the Grand Canyon.

A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.

No one knows who built this strange cave of worship or exactly why.

The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

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

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

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