The Elder Scrolls Onlinehas been steadily growing in popularity as MMO for a variety of reasons. The game’s fully-voiced, detailed interactions with countless NPCs throughout the enormous world of Tamriel are certainly part of it – the other thing drawing players in is the beauty of the game’s many unique locales.
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Fans ofThe Elder Scrollsseries wanting to immerse themselves in a more beautiful Tamriel have two options: install a number of mods for Skyrim, or play the relatively modernElder Scrolls Online. WhileESOis an MMO at heart, it nonetheless captivates players with its vast world and contemporary aesthetics – plus, it has a massive amount of DLC for neverending exploration.
Updated Jul 31, 2025 by Erik Petrovich: Some of the most beautiful places in Elder Scrolls Online have been added to the game only recently. The Greymoor Chapter and Blackwood Chapter both brought players back to familiar locations and showed what they look like with a modern facelift. Visiting some of the most beautiful locations in Elder Scrolls Online doesn’t necessarily require players to have any DLC, but the more recent expansions generally have better visuals thanks to progressive graphical improvements. Elder Scrolls Online is going into its eighth year, and with the High Isle expansion on the way for 2022, it’s the perfect time to sit back, relax, and take a tour of Tamriel to visit some of these iconic locations.
11The Citadel Of Deadlight
Long ago, Deadlight was an Oblivion plane belonging to a long-since-forgotten Daedric Prince. As described in the book “The Legend of Deadlight” found in Fargrave, this ancient Daedric Prince irked Mehrunes Dagon somehow.
Dagon waged war, destroyed the Daedric Prince, and left his realmshattered and utterly destroyed. The ghostly, jagged Citadel of Deadlight is the only thing that’s left, a strangely beautiful place inElder Scrolls Onlinewhose very appearance hints at an apocalyptic past. InESO,Deadlight is the HQ for the Waking Flame cult in theDeadlandsDLC.
10The Stone Arch Of Solitude…
There are few things more architecturally iconic to theElder Scrollsseries than the stone archway that the city of Solitude calls its foundation. Solitude rises above the Sea of Ghosts on this gigantic natural formation that can be seen from a surprisingly far distance – when it comes toESOscenery, the view north from the Solitude docks is hard to beat.
The archway isn’t just good-looking; it makes defending Solitude relatively easy as the only way to get into the city is to go up a cliff and through the main entrance. To see Solitude’s archway inElder Scrolls Onlineplayers must have theGreymoorChaptercredited to their account.
9…And Blackreach
Blackreach inElder Scrolls V: Skyrimis a pretty amazing place to visit – at least, at first. Its sprawling, nearly-endless caverns make navigation an absolute nightmare, and most fans think it’s a good thing that players only go here once. Blackreach inElder Scrolls Online, though, ismuch less of a choreto get through.
This mystical, dank cave system is one of the most beautiful places inESObecause it lets players take in its unique beauty rather than worry about where the next Falmer will attack from. It’s featured prominently throughout theGreymoorChapterand can be accessed from three zones: The Reach, which contains Akthzand Cavern, Western Skyrim, which contains Greymoor Cavern, and Eastmarch, which contains Mzark Cavern.
8The Crypt of Hearts
The Crypt of Hearts is a dungeon in Rivenspire, and available to members of the Daggerfall Covenant. The area is riddled with a purple glow and soaring towers that impose over the rocky landscape.
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More so than almost any other spot in the game, the entrance to the Crypt of Hearts emits aneerily intimidating presence on playersabout to enter its depths.
7Tu’Whacca’s Throne
Tu’Whacca’s Throne is a set of ancient ruins located in the middle of the Alik’r Desert. Players venturing through Myrkwasa will practically stumble across this monument, which is located a little bit southeast of the zone’s only major city Sentinel.
These ruins are the gem of the Alik’r Desert, and though much of the area is destroyed, the Throne itself is still standing. In-game, the area is the subject of a variety of quests related to The Withered Hand.
6The City Of Orsinium
Orsinium is the oft-referred to but rarely-seen home city of the Orsimer. In-game, the city is under the process of being rebuilt following the dissolution of the Second Empire. It can only be visited in theOrsiniumDLCforThe Elder Scrolls Online, though, and is located in the unlocked Wrothgar zone.
The city is embedded into the side of a mountain high above Wrothgar, and it’s as fun to explore as it is tosit and marvel at the city’sintimidating stone towers and orcish architecture.
5The City Of Alinor
Alinor is the capital city of the Aldmeri Dominion located in Summerset. It’s a city that takes a large deal of inspiration from Gothic cathedrals and could rightly be compared to Sleeping Beauty’s castle at Disneyland.
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Summerset itself is one of the most visually stunning locations in all ofThe Elder Scrolls Online, but to visit Alinor itself you will need to download theSummersetDLC.
4Vivec City…
Vivec City, of course, was the major city inThe Elder Scrolls III: Morrowindand was given a facelift for theMorrowindDLCforThe Elder Scrolls Online. The zone is far, farmore complex than most players anticipate, but while they’re lost players can at least enjoy the breathtaking Cantons of the city.
Look above the Temple Canton to see something a little bit odd: a meteor hovering above the city. Vivec, one of the three Living Gods, actually keeps it from destroying the city as a test of faith, though its origins are not known for certain.
3… And The Shrine of Azura
The Shrine of Azura is a shrine to the Daedric Prince of Dusk and Dawn, located in Azura’s Coast within the island of Vvardenfell. The shrine sticks out above the rest of the landscape, and is evenvisible from a decent distance.
Azura takes the same form of the shrines present in the originalMorrowindand inSkyrim, where she raises both hands up to the sky: one holds a moon, the other holds a sun.
