Places Erin Johnson Wants to Go

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

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

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

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.

Hidden behind musical flora and forgotten for over a thousand years, this cave is now a neon dream.

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

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

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

This abandoned fort is said to be the most haunted place in India, so much so that entry is prohibited after sunset.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

This series of underground chambers contains Europe's largest subterranean lake that is slowly drained each day.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.