Places Chris Wants to Go

Visit a surreal landscape so otherworldly NASA actually used it to train the Apollo 17 crew.

An ancient Roman theatre restored to its former glory in the Spanish city of Cartegena.

The oldest Roman lighthouse still in use.

A reproduction of the famous prehistoric cave paintings is hidden underground at the National Archaeological Museum.

An iconic and controversial ancient Iberian funerary urn with a hauntingly penetrating gaze.

One of the most spectacular bridges in Spain spans a narrow chasm that divides the city of Ronda.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

The coldest city in the world.

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."