Places kaiaoverthemoon Wants to Go

A haunting—but not haunted—chapel remains in the woods.

The ruins of this once-grand mansion are linked to one of the country’s most popular clothing brands.

What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A Saxony castle houses one of the largest and most outstanding mineral collections in the world.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

An immense cave that has served as an outlaw's treasure trove, an underground dance hall, a nuclear fallout shelter, and much more.

River raft through rural Colombia’s ancient rock formations, pristine landscapes, and towering waterfalls.

The world's only pure blue lizard lives exclusively on this secluded tropical island.

The centuries-old trees are draped with Spanish moss to make them look like wizened elders.

The enormous appendage offers spectacular views of Colombia's Huila Department.

An ancient city hidden in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.

This whimsical home made entirely from clay is basically a giant piece of pottery.

A three-tiered waterfall plummets from a mountain cave with amazing views over the countryside.

Colorful lights and mirror-like brine pools create trippy illusions within the historic mine.

Enchanting cave with a river crashing through the roof.

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.