Places Chris Staring Wants to Go

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

A remarkable geological formation resembling a forest made of stone.

These delicate ruins need more tourists to keep them from fading away.

Extraordinary rock formations in open Peruvian fields.

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

A serious museum dedicated to two German comedians.

Four antique Baldwin trains are kept on display in the Mal Tiempo train depot.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

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

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

An underground city of salt.

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.

Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.