Places thanesiel Wants to Go

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.

After visiting hours, this picturesque waterfall is essentially turned "off" to be used for hydroelectric power.

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.

The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

This striking landscape in northern Vietnam contains both geological and archaeological wonders.

World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.

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

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

Final palace complex of the last of 29 Kokand rulers.

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