Places stenaavel Wants to Go

For a few short weeks in spring, this hiking path becomes a daffodil paradise.

Two standing giants remain as a tribute to Luxembourg's metallurgical past.

In the heart of Luxembourg's "little Switzerland" weaves a breathtaking natural sandstone canyon with a mythological past.

This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

This tri-part waterfall is a little bit of fairytale beauty in the heart of Luxembourg's Little Switzerland.

Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

High in the clouds of San Marino sits an ancient tower with some curious prisoner graffiti.

The only Shinto shrine in Europe that has been officially sanctioned by Japan.

The smaller of the three towers of San Marino is a former prison inaccessible from the ground level.

Liechtenstein's royal family calls this medieval alpine castle home.

A former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian War is now a secret graffiti art gallery.

A military fort has guarded the surrounding area from this key position since the 13th century.

A 16th-century mosque rebuilt after wartime devastation.

An apparition of Virgin Mary in Herzegovina.

This unusual hostel provides a glimpse of life in a city under siege.

A field filled with carved medieval tombstones called stećak.

The first mosque in the world to receive electricity.

Controversial site of what could be Europe's first pyramid.

Some of the best-preserved specimens of the monumental medieval tombstones found throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.