Places chickadonzk Wants to Go

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

Once the foundation for a mansion, these ruins now offer amazing panoramic coastal views.

There is a small island in the Gulf of Nicoya where the only human inhabitants are dead.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

Disused penal colony features prisoner artwork, some sketched in human blood.

Costa Rican accommodation resembles a crash site, but with a nice balcony.

One Costa Rican island is so beset by illegal shark poachers that the local rangers have built an entire bridge with their confiscated gear .

Balanced rock sculptures pay tribute to a murdered conservationist and his pioneer wife.

This abandoned hospital is one of the most haunted places in Costa Rica.

A fortress off the West coast of Portugal that dates back to 1502.

This now abandoned restaurant provides some of the most amazing views of Lisboa.

Nestled in the mountains of Portugal is a tiny village made almost entirely of schist.

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

An abandoned tuberculosis hospital said to be haunted by the patients who died within its walls.

One man's remarkable private collection of art from around the world.

This giant sculpture made of trash is a critique of society's wastefulness.

Europe's largest collection of matchbox designs is a fascinating exploration of the cultural history of the world.

This architectural beauty is the home to a personal collection of more than 600 examples of mechanical musical instruments.

Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.

A chunk of the "true cross" is held in this small Portuguese church where modern day exorcisms are said to be common place.

As the highest point in the Mid-Atlantic range this stratovolcano offers spectacular views.