Places etiennebara Wants to Go

Colorful concentric circles honor a small Croatian town's supposed spot at the nucleus of it all.

Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

A thriving surf community exists in relative remoteness along the former boundary between North and South Korea.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

A boiling wellspring flowing with natural gas burns in a continual blaze.

The hellish conditions of this abandoned mine that snakes beneath the Pacific Ocean gave it its diabolic name.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

The great Danube river starts here.

Thousands of flowers create enchanting pink tunnels over the city streets.

A collection of intricate sculptures so small they have to be seen through a microscope.

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

A tree seems to grow from the ocean floor on this strange strip of sand slowly being overtaken by the sea.

The “City of Stairs” sits high in the Andes, above the world’s largest underground copper mine.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.