Places Kris McCracken Wants to Go

Would you dare to dangle from a great height in a wooden basket?

The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.

This 2,000-year-old Doric bridge is still open to pedestrian traffic to this day.

A hyper-remote desert cave dramatized in "The English Patient."

Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.

The largest archaeological site from the Yayoi period.

A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.

Destroyed numerous times, this centuries-old bridge has always been rebuilt with its original design.

A small thermal park among the mountains of Southern Italy features a surprising piece of modern art.

The remains of this medieval Roman road and lookout towers dot the rugged coastline of southern Lazio.

Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

These natural stone bridges are the largest on the European continent.

A massive sculpture of an obscure Celtic coin that has become a symbol in Slovakia.

This medieval settlement was abandoned after a series of landslides. What remained was largely destroyed during a mock battle for a WWII film reel.

A record-breaking pool that uses computers to turn ocean water into cleaner, private swimming water.

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

A sinkhole and now a swimming hole, too, full of dazzling turquoise water.

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

This scenic waterfront swimming pool is the longest salt water pool in North America.

A massive bridge forms part of an aqueduct that was deemed an architectural wonder of its time.

These 5,000-year-old cave paintings provide a glimpse into prehistoric Finnish life.

Once the legendary capital of the Dacian Kingdom, this city has been reduced to mere ruins.