Places eschie Wants to Go

At the right time of day, sunlight floods through the roof of this cave and illuminates the small pavilion hidden within.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

Remnants of a 4th-century church with vivid medieval frescoes and ancient sarcophagi hide beneath this old basilica.

This lonely memorial marks the supposedly haunted site of a brutal 19th-century murder.

Wander among the abandoned ruins of this once-powerful medieval town.

The "Bridge Over the Atlantic" lets you cross the waterway in mere seconds.

This Gothic castle-like portal is a testament to the amazing craftsmanship of the navvies who built the railway tunnel.

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

This disused Cold War bunker has been restored to all of its early 60s glory.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

The highest tides in the world come in and out here twice a day, allowing you to essentially walk along the ocean floor.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.

Eritrea's futuristic gas station is a nod to Italy's fascist history.

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

The first recognized Neanderthal remains were found in this now-lost cave in 1856.