Places scienceballer Wants to Go

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

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

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.

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.

A remote forest of stone pillars along the Lena river.

Back in the tiny USSR.

The world's second-largest excavated hole.

Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

Legends of time travel and magical woodland creatures bolster the natural charm of this verdant sanctuary in the midst of Moscow.

Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

On a stretch of Danish coast known as "Cold Hawaiʻi," this fishing village has become a surfing town.

A spiralling hourglass-shaped tower rises from the forests in Denmark.