Places rachaelcosta Wants to Go

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

Europe's largest natural bridge has a 19th century royal chateau built into its side.

The world's greatest slide descends 18 stories from this looping mountaintop viewing platform.

Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

Stay overnight in the world's most sleekly designed rabbit hole, free of charge.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

This heart-shaped island looks substantially less lovely after a recent bulldozing project.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.

A glacial pothole was once a hideout for a notorious Scottish outlaw.

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.