Places zichk Wants to Go

Africa's Venice on stilts.

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

20-foot tall lamp mumbles Swedish to celebrate the holidays.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

Village of slate houses, built on a white marble outcrop.

Once thought to be the Garden of Eden it holds a holy footprint claimed to belong to Adam, Buddha and Shiva.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

A city built from mud and known as the "Manhattan of the desert."

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.

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

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

The largest statue in the world towers at 420 feet high atop another 66 feet of pedestal.

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.