Places zmijowka Wants to Go

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

One of the very few mosques built by the Ottomans still standing in Croatia is now a Catholic church.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

The city of Palestrina was built around this magnificent terraced sanctuary dedicated to the pagan goddess Fortuna.

An abandoned 17th-century baroque hunting lodge with a wonderfully strange architectural plan.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

This beautiful Romanesque church preserves stunning medieval frescoes and the excavations of a Roman market town.

This long-abandoned village sits across a narrow gorge from a still-inhabited settlement that was once its twin.

When occupying Nazi troops detonated a mine below, medieval frescoes were revealed in this small cliff-side hermitage.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

The ruins of this medieval castle overlook the lake of Piediluco in what was once a sacred forest.

Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.

Legend said this huge, gnarled tree sheltered the saint during a storm.

The marshy karst plain has reclaimed this beautiful 17th-century church.

A monument to Poland's famous alleged UFO abduction case.

A small square populated with giant birchwood sculptures.

These beautiful castle ruins are nestled in the Polish countryside.

In northeastern Poland, the ruins of a massive granary overlook the Narew River.

An open-air museum of 18th-century homes and churches transported from various villages in Southern Poland.

Old cabin-like homes in a rural community untouched by time are known for their vibrant and colorful window shutters.

This wooden mosque is one of the few remnants of medieval Poland's Muslim Tatar community in this deeply Catholic country.

An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

A town saturated in Italian rationalist architecture was once marshland drained by Mussolini.

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.