Places bertrandbinois Wants to Go

The heartbeat of modern Uzbekistan’s thriving market culture.

Touching displays of wishes for peace from the Cold War era.

15,000 year old bison sculptures.

An ancient quarry rediscovered by a dog and claimed by biblical kings, a German cult, and the Freemasons.

Submerged ruins of a Neolithic coastal settlement, where houses, wells, graves and skeletons have been unearthed.

Squeezing inside this deep, narrow canyon reveals a festival of desert colors.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

These numerous Israeli caves were dug out over hundreds years for reasons ranging from hideouts to burial sites.

The bluer than blue waters in these natural Israeli caves are reached via the world's steepest cable car.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A Biblically notable site over the ruins of an ancient city that is now a protected World Heritage site.

The largest underground church in Europe.

Half a century after it was abandoned, this ghost town is coming back to life.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

A bizarre sculpture garden in the south of France.

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

This plaque tells the story of an event that took place in an imagined parallel universe.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.