Places Auros Harman Wants to Go

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

Deep in a Polish forest, this collection of Iron Age megaliths still holds onto many of its ancient secrets.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

This enchanting natural park is a magical example of a temperate rainforest in Europe.

Crisp mountain water cascades over volcanic rocks at these secluded falls outside Pagosa Springs.

A centuries-old bar once frequented by Picasso, Hemingway, and Dalí.

A major pre-Columbian archaeological site in central El Salvador.

Carved into a towering rock mountain in Al Ula, this once served as a religious and political center in Hegra.

This archaeological site features an early version of today’s refrigerators.

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

This whimsical home made entirely from clay is basically a giant piece of pottery.

A 300-year-old cottage decorated with tens of thousands of seashells arranged in intricate patterns.

High in the trees or suspended between cables, these surreal structures are the works of a unique Japanese architect.

A single column facing the sea is all that's left of one of the most important temples of Magna Graecia.

Denmark’s ultra-modern library hides a treasury of rare, unique books.

The people of Padua pledged to construct this church if the city was spared from destruction during World War I.

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

This U.S. natural reserve is an ancient spiritual place and rock climber’s paradise.

Trees emerge from the surface of this small man-made reservoir.

A pristine crater lake 12,000 years in the making, with waters like cut glass.

Underneath this Byzantinian church lies a necropolis filled with ancient tombs and the ruins of previous churches.

A massive line that stretches across the floor of Bologna’s largest church was created by a 17th-century scientist to measure the movements of the Sun.