Places Ursa Wants to Go

Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

A cemetery for Slovenian notables also serves as a popular recreation space.

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.