Places Hena Wants to Go

Traditional architecture and ancient irrigation systems are on display in this gorgeous mountain village.

Thanks to a bit of wordplay, seven auspicious stone cats guard this ancient canalside street.

An ancient impact crater on the outskirts of Pretoria.

Two Chinese dragons guard the caves of this medieval temple in Iran.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

An eerie abandoned gentlemen's club built for British officials during the colonial era.

A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.

The ruins of a medieval monastery built on a perilous slope.

One of the longest natural sand beaches in the world.

Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

The ancient necropolis houses the immense rock-cut tombs of four Persian kings.

Ruins and statues dot the landscape of this tiny island rich with royal history.

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

This Tibetan monastery has survived multiple attacks and is also a sky burial site.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

The preserved home of the first settler of "the most German town in Brazil."

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

This beautiful system of tunnels built into natural rock serves as a centuries old plumbing system.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.