Places eosstar Wants to Go

While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.

The largest Neolithic ruins in the world hide a notably clean prehistoric metropolis.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

The jewel of western Mexico's archaeological legacy is this tiered circular pyramid now covered in grass.

The ruins of this Brazilian island prison still bear the scars of the bloody rebellion that closed it down.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

This short pedestrian span is also known as the "Fairy Walking Bridge" because it looks almost magical.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

Despite being pillaged and destroyed a number over times down the centuries, this historic church still sort of stands.