Gapyeong-gun, South Korea
Naminara Republic
This small island declared independence from South Korea in the hopes of attracting tourists.
Places Will Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Laadla, Estonia
Kingdom of Torgu
A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.
Kuldīga, Latvia
The Venta Rapid
The widest waterfall in Europe is a natural wonder and one of the only places where fish are caught in the air.
Lithuania
Dvina Missile Silo
Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.
Klaipėda, Lithuania
Memel-Nord Museum
A WWII museum that tries to reenact history.
Rybachiy, Russia
Dancing Forest
The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.
Bydgoszcz, Poland
The Exploseum
An abandoned Nazi explosives plant founded by the inventor of dynamite is now an underground museum.
Sochaczew, Poland
Sochaczew Narrow Gauge Railway Museum
This unique railroad museum secretly contains the history of Poland rebuilding itself from the inside-out.
Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Poland
Modlin Fortress Granary
In northeastern Poland, the ruins of a massive granary overlook the Narew River.
Treblinka, Poland
Muzeum Treblinka
A somber memorial honors the hundreds of thousands of lives lost at this labor and extermination camp.
Opole Lubelskie County, Poland
Emilcin UFO memorial
A monument to Poland's famous alleged UFO abduction case.
Wrocław, Poland
Hydropolis
This oddly beautiful water cistern is a techno-temple to the wet stuff and a multimedia masterpiece.
Palmanova, Italy
Palmanova Star Fort
A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.
Italy
Carezza Rainbow Lake
According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.
Dolomites, Italy
Via Ferrata Pisciadù
A climbing route in the mountains of Italy’s Dolomites, built for soldiers during World War I.
Schnals, Italy
Campanile di Curon
Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.
Längenfeld, Austria
Aqua Dome Langenfeld
Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.
Blumberg, Germany
Sauschwänzlebahn
A historic steam train meanders along one of the most scenic rail routes in Germany's Black Forest.
Friedrichshafen, Germany
Zeppelin Museum
Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.
Como, Italy
Roman Baths of Como
This 1st-century CE Roman bath sits under a carpark.
Cortenova, Italy
Villa de Vecchi
The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.
Verzasca, Switzerland
Ponte dei Salti
This medieval footbridge in the Swiss Alps is known to attract cliff-jumping daredevils.
Ennenda, Switzerland
Anna Göldi Museum
The last woman executed for witchcraft in Europe is remembered in this Swiss museum.
Zurich, Switzerland
Oepfelchammer
A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.
