Places SnotraEldur Wants to Go

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

Final palace complex of the last of 29 Kokand rulers.

These "50 Fortresses" have been unearthed in the ancient oasis of Khwarezm.

An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

A watering hole from the late 1800s in the heart of the Campsie Fells.

Soviet intelligence had a keen interest in the Cold War linguistic school at this old Scottish airfield.

The ruins of Scottish sea salt production.

Though difficult to access, this stunning cave has a place in Scotland's poetic history.