Places aswope1995 Wants to Go

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.

A cemetery and the town it served sinks beneath the sea during the volcanic birth of Mt. Vulcan.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

These red and black houses were awarded to the firefighters who saved their city from an enormous blaze.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

A soon-to-be-forgotten roadside spectacle loaded with local lore.

A hidden gem of a museum that lets you search for your own fossils.

Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.

In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.

Life-sized painted illusions let pedestrians blend in with the street art.

An elegant chandelier hangs over this ancient sewer chamber, now open for concerts and public tours.

This extremely remote border crossing was closed to prevent smuggling and looting.

The housing complex served as an anti-fascist fortress during the Austrian Civil War.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

This 15th-century cave complex is one of the very few monasteries to stay open throughout World War II and the Soviet regime.

An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.