Places denycia Wants to Go

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

A centuries-old iron mine is now a paradise for explorers, divers, and spelunkers.

The world's only above water sand volcano, believed to once be the bathtub of a priest.

Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

Hundreds of caves once used to store grains and animal feed.

A spectacular walk on the flank of a gorge.

A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.

Stormy conditions send jets of seawater bursting through holes in the cliffs.

A contemporary art installation housed within a Gothic cathedral.

You can soak in three relaxing pools filled daily by the tide.

This species of wild goat stars in witchy legends and frolics among the park's eerie rock formations.

This enchanting hamlet carved into the rock looks like something straight out of Tolkien's Rivendell.

A historic Christian shrine nestled within a spectacular natural cave.

This magnificent castle grew from a small Moorish fortress, and reportedly inspired two iconic Disney castles.

This century-old ruined temple was reborn as "The Church of Skate."

This religious complex carved into a cliff is steeped in legends of miraculous stags and the Holy Grail.

Translating as "The Jump of the Girlfriend," this stunning waterfall has a tragic legend behind it.

An ancient Roman theatre restored to its former glory in the Spanish city of Cartegena.

Devastated landscape used for hundreds of years by the Romans as their primary mining site.

Mine shafts and hard pastries await visitors at this massive mountain of salt.