Places etiennebara Wants to Go

The haunting beauty of this little-visited wreck makes it a true hidden treasure.

A strangely curved lamppost stands tall over this avenue in Rotterdam.

In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.

Sweden's first electric elevator remains hidden within a fortress-like building.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

Saved by a logger, this Douglas fir is one of the last great old-growth trees in Canada.

Climb down into the largest sinkhole in Qatar.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

By public opinion, this is Canada's knottiest tree.

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

An otherworldly alpine pasture in Slovenia with historical ties to WWII and architecture that recalls Middle Earth.

A long-closed church turned into a saintly skate park.

This underwater graveyard commemorates a group of murdered 16th-century missionaries.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

This small Slovenian town has become a magnet for microbreweries.

British Empire's last territorial expansion, claimed by four countries.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

This Welsh hotel is the spiritual home of the British 1953 Everest expedition, the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.

These traffic lights celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the women's suffrage movement in Lithuania.