Places jonathanmicklos Wants to Go

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.