Places irenely27 Wants to Go

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

A Chinese mining company has created the world's first cloned village in this perfect recreation of an Austrian town.

This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

This narrow path was cut right into a French mountainside to feed the country's early naval expansion.

Cliffside houses provide a spectacular view from their perch above the valley.

This religious complex carved into a cliff is steeped in legends of miraculous stags and the Holy Grail.

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.

Abandoned Nazi train station turned underground astroparticle laboratory.

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

One of the largest bamboo bridges in Asia, located right next to a bamboo school.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

Medieval irrigation channels built into the sides of mountains provided Valais with water for hundreds of years.

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

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

Thanks to the building of a life-giving reservoir, part of the Great Wall of China is now a dive site.

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

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

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

A sparkling sandstone cliffside that's worth a visit while it still exists.