Places frances van woglom Wants to Go

Though they look like Hobbit houses, these semi-underground stone structures were built for winemaking.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

The ruins of a 2,000-year-old Roman fishing village perched on one of the best beaches in Spain.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

Siberian ghost town built by gulag prisoners.

An abandoned, deteriorating tuberculosis hospital from the turn of the 20th century.

Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.

This luxury hotel suite is located deep in the bowels of an old mine.

An eclectic sculpture park rises atop a giant pile of ashes in Sweden.

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

Explore the frozen river and take a walk to a nearby island on some of the longest ice roads in Sweden.

This abandoned urban warfare facility is a dream come true for airsoft and paintball enthusiasts.

The ruins of a monastery where Saint Bridget of Sweden had her revelations recorded.

This castle ruin in the middle of nowhere is a gem for wildlife enthusiasts.

Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.

The world’s largest digital waste dump has become a site where organized criminals hack into confidential government data.

Empty since 1989, now falling into ruin.

A fortress-like granary that has been continually in use for more than nine centuries.

Magnificent Roman ruins lie vulnerable to destruction on the edge of the Mediterranean.

On a secluded beach is one of the few shipwrecks left on the shores of Mauritania.