Places adavandenbergh Wants to Go

Monks in the empyreal Alazani River valley have preserved their 1,000-year-old winemaking tradition.

Towering metal swords commemorate a 12th-century victory.

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

These Stalin-era industrial 'death traps' hang lifeless above the city

Underground monastery and fortress.

Experience architect Le Corbusier's modernist design for living in the home he designed for himself.

This 18th-century fort surrounded by a moat was used to store gun powder and ammunition, and now sits in the middle of a large park in Dublin.

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

Collection of still-functioning printing presses from the 18th to 20th centuries.

The Dublin sea wall draws walkers, photographers, and fishing enthusiasts.

This unique museum explores the world of Japanese demons and spirits.

A remote and slightly overgrown park filled with replicas of world landmarks.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

Take a lick of the legendary homemade miso paste that protected this Buddhist temple’s scrolls from a fire centuries ago.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.