Places hellogigi Wants to Go

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

Squeezing inside this deep, narrow canyon reveals a festival of desert colors.

This full-sized orange tree lives suspended in mid-air above the streets of Jaffa.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

An underground network of massive stone arches and their skylit vaults support ruins of portico structures above.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.

Once described as the "Eagle's Nest," this ruined ancient city rests on a remote mountaintop.

The largest Neolithic ruins in the world hide a notably clean prehistoric metropolis.

This medieval wine press is one of the oldest in Cyprus.

Sex curse discovered on ancient tablet in Cyprus.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

A memorial dedicated to the victims of the My Lai Massacre.

Walk through a clothing store, across a courtyard, and up several flights of stairs for delicious coffee with a side of beautiful views.