Places SL Wants to Go

Historic beer hall in Bucharest with magnificent stained glass and a lively folk band.

This museum offers a journey back to the Belle Epoque era of Romania.

Unique museum with a dizzying array of collectibles, from corkscrews to typewriters and much more.

This metro station doubles as an unintentional paleontology museum.

The preserved arm of a third-century sorcerer is believed to have the power to lift curses and spells.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

Multiple versions of this horned sculpture, tied to local legend, have been stolen over the years.

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

A folkloric creature relieving itself at the summer solstice

A little-known cafe in an old copper bridge tower with 360-degree views of the harbor.

Legend says an angry old witch’s hair ribbon turned to stone, now streaked across the rock she threw at the church.

This bellfry was once said to be the Devil’s lair—or perhaps the home of a mischievous gnome?

Long before the hollyhocks and colorful facades, this lane was notorious for witch trials, infanticide, and prostitution.

A chimeric bronze demon, embodying the chaotic spirit of a new millennium.

This marker commemorates a long-lasting historical haunting and demonic possession that led to one of Denmark's worst witch trials.

Five matching towers make this church unique. Legend credits a troll.

A bronze fountain celebrating a strange, seductive, long-breasted, motherly creature from regional folklore.

Hidden in plain sight, the origin of these embedded skulls remains the stuff of legend.

This historical font became infamous after a maid was allegedly tricked into urinating in it, leading to her tragic death sentence.

An underground museum of monks, bones, and medieval ruins.

Local legend says a monk brought Christianity to Bornholm through his sermons in a cave inside this free-standing rock.

This enchanting spring, steeped in local lore and a touch of royal history, was said to be the place where newborns were collected, rather than being delivered by storks.

Local legend has it that the Devil's claw marks are etched into this distinctive rock.

A small artistic "graveyard" where clichéd expressions have been buried.