Places rigor Wants to Go

Now abandoned, the world's first torpedo factory is crumbling into the sea.

This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

An otherworldly alpine pasture in Slovenia with historical ties to WWII and architecture that recalls Middle Earth.

This tri-part waterfall is a little bit of fairytale beauty in the heart of Luxembourg's Little Switzerland.

This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.

Hiding the longest subterranean river known in the world.

This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.

A Belgian self-built tower inspired by the Bible and ancient civilizations.

A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

This huge abandoned fortress hidden inside a mountain holds a world of subterranean secrets.

A mesmerizing landscape of 18th-century cellars carved out of the land.

This oddly shaped building is a surprising Soviet-era crematorium.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.

The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

A section of destroyed vertical lift bridge stands alone in the Peene river.

The oldest trees in Northern Germany.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.