Places RakelOm Wants to Go

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

The Renaissance-era courthouse is a relic from the fortified town's centuries of Venetian rule.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

Something's watching you.

A succinct inscription commemorates the ebb and flow of a woman's life.

Enigmatic tombs and cave dwellings on the outskirts of a rural village.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

This 12,000 year old Iranian cave village has been continuously inhabited for over 3,000 years.

This beautiful system of tunnels built into natural rock serves as a centuries old plumbing system.

This lake in northwest Iran has started turning from green to red more frequently than scientists are comfortable with.

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

An amazing clockwork museum in the Val de Travers holds examples of various prestigious legacies horological history.

A mythically themed self-built sculpture park.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

Site of the largest impact event to occur over land in Earth's recorded history.