Places thanesiel Wants to Go

The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.

This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.

This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.

This Danish castle is supposedly haunted by a woman too independent to not be a witch.

This Danish rock field is actually a sprawling ancient cemetery holding the bodies of 700 Vikings.

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.

The deepest sinkhole in Central Europe comes with a grisly tale and an unusual nickname: “The Stepmother Abyss.”

This former quarry is now a picturesque gorge that hides a sunken lake.

Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.

A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.

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

Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.

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

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.