Places NixOfNowhere Wants to Go

A crumbling monument to a now locally-extinct sport in Bulgaria's oldest ski resort.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

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

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

Hidden tunnels have sheltered the people of a Czech town for centuries.

This trio of reliefs—an ear, a mouth, and a pair of eyes—carved into the walls of flooded quarries is a monument to spying.

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

An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.

A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.

An unusual heating plant that has garnered notoriety for its distinct shape.

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.

Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.

Human figures and faces are carved into the sandstone surrounding this cave in Czechia.

Every part of this unusual home is built into the sandstone rock.

Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.

An unusual bronze bus shelter is actually an art installation commenting on the city's history with the Nazi party.

Abandoned substation turned village treasure.

A palatial horse museum outside Shanghai is home to the most pampered horses in the world.

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

A tidal bore with its own festival.

This ratty natural history collection is a charming relic among a city rushing into modernity.

The birthplace of modern China.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

This film studio and amusement park is considered one of the greatest filming locations in China.