Places evansjennifer Wants to Go

This unique rock formation is quite the local celebrity, although one day it may come crashing down.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

An outstanding piece of retro Sci-Fi architecture built into a sacred mountain.

This village was once a thriving Soviet uranium mining center, but is now semi-abandoned and desolate.

These oldest of these "embroidered stones" were carved 4,000 years ago in a high mountain valley.

This remote, abandoned Soviet observatory promises spectacular views for those who can reach it.

Extremely isolated Silk Road caravanserai in the middle of nowhere.

A stunning blue-green lake located in the Terskey Alatau mountain range.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

Nicknamed Kazakhstan's Grand Canyon, this natural wonder lies east of Almaty near the Chinese border.

A controversial artwork draws attention to the dark history of Prague's "Suicide Bridge."

One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

Underground monastery and fortress.

The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.