Places purplemaplesparkles Wants to Go

One of the most iconic neon ads of former East Germany.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

After falling into disuse, this imposing department store found new life as a Hollywood backdrop and a theater.

This bust remembers the haunting local legend of a murderous monk.

One of few vertical lava tubes in the world accessible by foot.

Europe's oldest still-operational tea farm also boasts a spectacular view.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

Rainwater transformed this old quarry into a peaceful pond you won't find in most tourist books.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.

Ancient mysterious ruts carved in the bedrock.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.