Places raventeddybear Wants to Go

An abandoned sanatorium building from the early 20th century sits in the forest of the Rila mountains.

While it would not look out of place among Serbian spomeniks, this massive Bulgarian monument commemorates one of their defeats.

Underneath this Byzantinian church lies a necropolis filled with ancient tombs and the ruins of previous churches.

No one knows who built this strange cave of worship or exactly why.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

A treasure trove of scientific instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

Preserved behind glass, the ruins of a medieval building used to store human remains.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

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

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

One of the oldest, well-preserved water treatment facilities in all of Europe.

An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.

The rusted creatures wait to be discovered in Prague's botanical garden.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."