Places Andrea IX Wants to Go

A remarkable geological formation resembling a forest made of stone.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

This picturesque mansion has gone from opulent ruin to nature museum.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

Have fun at the world's first Buddhist waterslide park.

A mecca for India's Jains.

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

Nicknamed the "Museum of Horrors," this French anatomical collection has been fascinating visitors for over a century.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

The hottest place on the planet.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

A geological bull's-eye visible from outer space.

Winter roadtrips are a little more exciting on this seasonal, slippery expansion of Sweden's national highway system.

An ornate Thai pavilion in the middle of Sweden.

Take a schvitz just like an infamous Soviet dictator while his unblinking eye looks on.

A plaque on this tiny Swedish island commemorates an unusual Cold War standoff of Soviet submarine intrigue.