Places Ornithomancer Wants to Go

This bone-filled cave got its name after they found 140 bear skeletons inside.

The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

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

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

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

This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

This Italian-style temple replica has been threatening to fall off the Irish coast for hundreds of years.

The highest peak in Northern Ireland is topped with a stone tower and haunting burial mounds.

A rocky Irish outcropping with a history of wealth, conflict, and ruin.

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.