Places Sauerbratan Wants to Go

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

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

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

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.