Places AnAn Wants to Go

An extraterrestrial-themed art exhibit makes the perfect place to crash-land while interacting with Andean culture and history.

The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.

Thousands of medieval skeletons lie just beneath Kranj’s main square.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

Tombstones buried in overgrown grass mark the deceased occupants of this abandoned graveyard.

The remains of an encyclopedic sculpture garden later used as an internment camp.

This mountaintop observatory is home to one of the world's largest reflective telescopes.

Several petroglyphs are all that remain of an ancient pyramid.

This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

These lesser-known Maltese catacombs date back over 1,700 years.

The bones of prehistoric animals and early signs of human habitation have been found inside Malta's "cave of darkness."

A hidden tunnel of bones in one of Malta's oldest churches.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

Extraordinary rock formations in open Peruvian fields.

Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.

A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.

This massive mural by famed pop-artist Keith Haring was hidden for almost 30 years until its 2018 rediscovery.

A set of seven houses, each built in a style that represents a European country.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.