Places hamishi Wants to Go

The world's largest bamboo labyrinth is a living demonstration of the plant’s immense potential.

This peculiar Italian elevator runs both horizontally and vertically.

An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

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

Gigantic water vessel, permanently grounded in Southern Albania.

Climb into Albania's communist history while enjoying a spectacular ocean view.

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

The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.

A beautiful drive through the foot of the Alps traces the path of 15th-century Turkish raids.

An otherworldly alpine pasture in Slovenia with historical ties to WWII and architecture that recalls Middle Earth.

This small Slovenian town has become a magnet for microbreweries.

This was the second largest mercury mine in the world and one of the oldest preserved mine complexes in Europe.

A crumbling World War I fort that is reached through a series of concrete tunnels.

A fascist-era rural village abandoned since the early 1980s.

An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.

Once a safe haven for locals engaged in blood feuds, this 400-year-old fortified tower is now a museum showing what life was like for those lying in wait within its walls.

Two of the few remaining life-sized Greek bronzes were submerged in the sea for over 2,000 years.