Places Eleanor Walker Wants to Go

The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

The best place for scenic views of the DMZ and North Korea.

South Korea's largely symbolic, barely used gateway to the North.

A large visitor's complex and place of remembrance on the outskirts of the DMZ.

The site of many tense prisoner exchanges across the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

The remnants of this unusual bridge await an uncertain fate.

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

You can swim in these highly salty, mesmerizingly blue lakes in the Atacama Desert.

Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.

An oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

Spend your honeymoon where the Devil had his wedding.

This medieval Estonian tower provides access to a series of tunnels that have been home to soldiers, punks, and fine art.

Only a fragment of this 15th-century Dance of Death survives today.

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.

This former medieval prison now unlocks Estonia’s rich photographic history.