Places gwenleif Wants to Go

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.

17th century puritan church with connections to the Salem Witch Trials.

19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.

A misnamed well, with a deep dark past.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

Ancient cave tombs known as the "houses of fairies."

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.

The largest catacomb system in the world.

Beautiful carved tunnels.

Fantastically decorated underground chambers built in the 1760s.

Mysterious Spanish catacombs of unknown origins.

Incredible labyrinth of man made caves.