Places NixOfNowhere Wants to Go

A massive 1830s industrial site once known as Czechia's "Iron Heart" has been transformed into a playground of science, technology, and art.

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

Scenic hike to a restored watermill.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

Poland's oldest salt mine has nearly everything one needs to live underground forever.

An underground city beneath Krakow's postwar socialist utopia.

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

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.

Seven dragon statues—including one that breathes real fire—are scattered throughout the streets of Krakow.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

An underground city of salt.

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

Where an 11th-century flying monk crash landed after attempting to take to the skies.

The last known resting place of the king who united England.

Scars from the English Civil War mar this medieval sanctuary.

The designer of this railway tunnel added a birthday present for himself.

This overgrown Victorian chapel made of corrugated metal looks utterly out of place.

Don't be fooled by this fake medieval facade even if it is almost 300 years old.

Victorian-era cemetery full of interesting local history among the graves.

One of the oldest cathedrals in the U.K. houses a priceless early manuscript.

This 2,700-year-old woman is the jewel of the Maidstone Museum's Egyptian collection.