Places Jen Seriously Wants to Go

Semi-mystical manmade towers of rocks decorate this rocky seaside.

This remarkable prehistoric town is full of watchtowers and houses that have withstood thousands of years.

This "flat geyser" bubbles up out of the ground periodically like a disappearing river.

Seaside ruins of a settlement that date back to the first century B.C.

An abandoned Indian-inspired mansion.

The oldest Roman lighthouse still in use.

This ancient Spanish castle sits high upon a hilltop.

A darkly erotic open-air statuary in Catalonia.

Rare karst landscape eroded from a flat seabed.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

A site where “the ravages of the war are more striking…than any other place in contemporary Spain.”

A Franco-era dam flooded (almost) everyone out of this centuries-old Aragonese town.

Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.

This awesome Spanish castle is so fantastical it was actually used on Game of Thrones.

Considered the birthplace of the Copper Age and Bronze Age, the river is tinted red from 5,000 years of mining.

Cursed swimming pool left abandoned is now a favorite of filmmakers and ghost hunters.

A landscape decorated with enormous skull sculptures.

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

A gravity-defying "devil's bridge" that has a surprising architectural feature for its stability.

Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway used to be one of the most dangerous crossings in the world.

An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.

Wonderland replication in progress by one persistent man.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.