Places Jochen Duckeck Wants to Go

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

This Luxembourg cave is covered in cryptic looking marks left by mining activity.

Ancient man-made caves underneath small town Belgium.

Head underground and take a tour of the city's working sewer system, and see the underground river Senne, which defined Brussels for centuries before being covered in the 19th century.

What was once a bustling mining installation is now a bustling hub of contemporary art.

A Cold War command center is hidden under an idyllic countryside.

An open-air sewer system that was covered piece-by-piece over 300 years.

Descend into the tunnels to experience the life of a coal miner.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

A Belgian self-built tower inspired by the Bible and ancient civilizations.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

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

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

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

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."