Places zichk Wants to Go

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

The smallest country in the world.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

A centuries-old fortress city lies in ruin.

China's very own Atlantis is an ornate dynastic city resting at the bottom of a lake.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

A grand imperial capital left to fall into magnificent ruin.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

This beautiful system of tunnels built into natural rock serves as a centuries old plumbing system.

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

This replica medieval European village in the Dominican Republic was built by a Hollywood set designer.