Places LianaYada Wants to Go

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

One of the oldest student jails in Germany.

It commemorates one of the world's earliest telegraphs.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.

Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.

This constantly evolving art space saved an Italian town from its own crippling reputation.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.

Gorgeous views of Italian mountains and valleys form the backdrop of this unique open-air theater.

This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.

An abandoned shopping gallery built during Fascist Italy tucked in the center of Palermo.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

More than 2,000 species of tropical plants call this nature preserve and sanctuary home.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.