Places stephlt25 Wants to Go

Naturally formed rock city in Poland.

Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.

This formerly-prosperous Silesian mining town was completely demolished in the late 1960s and early 1970s as an attempt to cover up a secret Soviet uranium mine.

One of the largest and most ornate abbeys in this part of Europe.

This dazzling wooden church was constructed as part of an elaborate peace project after the Thirty Years' War.

A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.

This centuries-old wooden wonder was built in less than a year and is one of Europe's largest timber-framed churches.

A 90-ton, gravity-defiant steam locomotive shoots for the skies in this bizarrely beautiful public artwork.

A collection of old neon signs from all over Poland line a secluded courtyard.

This ex-prison dates back to the Middle Ages.

A striking public sculpture representing the period of martial law in Communist Poland.

The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.

This church combines Christian, Byzantine, and ancient Greek architectural elements.

The creator of the Kewpie doll's former home has been turned into a museum celebrating her life and work.

One Italian taxi driver covered his entire house in small seashells creating a weird bit of architecture that is preserved to this day.

A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

Legend has it that any woman who kissed this statue would soon be married.

This hidden alley near the location of Rome's first theater was the site of a curious miracle.

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

Locals pay their respects at a shrine to soccer player Diego Maradona—which claims to contain a real lock of his hair.

A painting, bought for one dollar and carried to the church on a manure cart, is said to have instigated miracles and has certainly inspired the construction of an impressive basilica

Inside this building is another country within Rome, a sovereign entity without a physical territory.

Hidden away in an alleyway, this diminutive chapel is said to be the smallest church in Rome