Places Aika Wants to Go

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

The chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.

The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

A scenic canyon with thick forests and historic ruins.

A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient Roman religious cult contains an exquisite traditional fresco.

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.