Places dezordie Wants to Go

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The ruins of a fifth-century church dedicated to Our Lady of the Harbor.

A 4th-century Roman church complete with a hidden underground cave.

This abandoned church was the site of one of the biggest art heists of the past decades.

Beneath an ancient wishing tree lies an underground chapel with 12th-century frescoes and catacombs dedicated to a lady saint.

These ruins disappear beneath the waves every winter.

A crumbling ghost town with prime views of the dam that doomed it.

The ruins of a fairytale castle with a tumultuous history stand high atop the mountains.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

A ghost town on the slopes of a hand-shaped rock is haunted by the story of a 17th-century murder.

An underground network of massive stone arches and their skylit vaults support ruins of portico structures above.

For more than a century, revolutionary graffiti has marked the wall of a Parisian church.

Legend has it that this church faced a troll problem, leading to the affixing of a stone face of Satan above the entrance to deter further encounters.

At low tide, you can see the remains of a 17th-century ship just off a Stockholm island.

A Nuragic tomb, a Roman tomb, and a Byzantine Church, all hidden inside a rock.

This modern tandoor eatery was once a canteen for Soviet farmers.

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.

A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.

This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.

A hilltop monastery on the Greek island of Hydra.

An ancient Greek monument and a Byzantine church coexist inside this cave.