Places Anna Lisa Wants to Go

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

This Gothic Revival castle used as a shooting location for "The Secret Garden" and other films.

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

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

This massive collection of taxidermy is full of specimens collected by missionaries during their international travels.

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

One of Chile's most active volcanoes is riddled with beautiful caves.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

The runoff from these fiery cliffs sends red water flowing into the sea.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

The struggle of a small Dutch island against the sea.

A hidden church in a hidden courtyard tells the story of the Miracle of Amsterdam.