Places lindsaywulff Wants to Go

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

This fascinating museum in an old water tower holds the world's largest collection of Vodou artifacts from western and central Africa.

This 14th century wine cellar is home to the oldest barrel-stored wine in the world.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

A mountain pass in Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains was the site of four historic battles.

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.

A gigantic statue of a Russian soldier watches over the ancient city of Plovdiv, a prominent reminder of the Soviet period in Bulgaria.

Underneath this Byzantinian church lies a necropolis filled with ancient tombs and the ruins of previous churches.

This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.

Outstanding, eerie frescoes and decorations fill this 19th-century monastery.

A spectacular Bulgarian cave resembling a devil's head with a waterfall rushing down its throat.

A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.

This tiny Bulgarian town offers a stunning location in the mountains and a storied history.

This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.