Places sonnenlanze Wants to Go

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

A half-buried vehicle in Prague's is the latest iteration in a long-running piece by Czech artist David Černý.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

On this Polish road, an optical illusion makes cars seem to roll uphill.

Towering sandstone rock formations where 'The Chronicles of Narnia' was filmed.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

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

Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.

Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.

Tall columns of volcanic basalt make up this improbable-seeming rock formation.

Europe's largest natural bridge has a 19th century royal chateau built into its side.

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

Visit the ancient, mysterious Roman catacombs ... in the Netherlands.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.