Places Theexploringcat Wants to Go

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

The largest collection of hair jewelry in Europe reminds you how creepy 19th-century love was.

The greatest amusement park in the world is wall-to-wall farting dogs, puking rats, and cows with exposed breasts for the whole family.

Four alabaster giants contemplate the tides on the shore of Denmark.

A little-known cafe in an old copper bridge tower with 360-degree views of the harbor.

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

Nearly 40 miles and 1,000 years of limestone mines under Denmark.

The world's largest maze is a nature park with nearly 200 decision points.

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

A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.

The largest bottled beer collection in the world holds over 22,000 unique beer bottles.

An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

This beach runway is off limits during high tide.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

An eccentric aristocrat brought these Australian natives to their current Scottish home.

This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

A curious collection of mechanical moving figures.

Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.