The Gothic Gate in the Adršpach-Teplice Rocks, Czechia Oct 28, 2025

The Gothic Gate in the Adršpach-Teplice Rocks, Czechia

From 18th-century visitors to fire-carved trails, this rock city tells a story of survival. Hidden in Czechia"s Hradec Králové Region, the Adršpach–Teplice Rocks form Central Europe"s largest sandstone labyrinth. For centuries, the cliffs and passages lay cloaked in forest, until a great fire stripped the land bare. Arches, towers, and winding corridors emerged out of the ashes, and the first hiking paths were carved into the rock. Soon after, explorers and poets left their marks with stone inscriptions that captured a destination both wild and enchanting.

© Kseniya_Milner/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Oct 28, 2018Do spirits haunt the Gardens of Versailles?
Oct 28, 2019A night on the (ghost) town
Oct 28, 2020A grotesque scene
Oct 28, 2021Necropolis of Dargavs
Oct 28, 2022Frankenstein Friday
Oct 28, 2023Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Oct 28, 2024Pumpkin field, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

More Desktop Wallpapers:

May 10, 2022Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Apr 11, 2025Tulips, Netherlands
Jun 18, 2019From garden to table?
Jul 12, 2019The ‘Night of Nights’
Jan 28, 2023The Bahamas as seen from the ISS
Mar 31, 2021Paradise, found
Apr 18, 2026World Heritage Day
Jun 29, 2023International Day of the Tropics
Feb 18, 2022Great Backyard Bird Count
Jun 1, 2019Hiking the High Trestle Trail
Aug 10, 2025World Lion Day
Mar 16, 2023Panda Day
Sep 24, 2018Mooncake time
Jun 1, 2018In Apia Harbor for Samoan Independence Day
Jul 14, 2019Nesting season for the leatherbacks
Jan 5, 2024International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, China
May 16, 20193,000 years of history
Sep 30, 2025Koala in the Great Otway National Park, Australia
Sep 30, 2022Southern right whale
Mar 25, 2019Greece celebrates its independence
Aug 7, 2019Nubble Island’s only industry
Oct 31, 2023Halloween
Jul 29, 2024International Tiger Day
Feb 20, 2020Après-ski in the Dolomites
Sep 19, 2021Arrr! Can you talk like a pirate?
Nov 4, 2020Caribou on the move
Sep 10, 2018Party like it’s 5779
Jul 18, 2020The moth wonderful time of the year
Feb 25, 2026Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska
Oct 21, 2022Bald cypress trees in Georgia