Places Loec Wants to Go

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’ immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.

Poseidon? No one seems to know.

According to legend, this cavern holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld.

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.

This beehive tomb built for royalty sat hidden for over 3,000 years.

The heads and relics of 179 monks slaughtered by pirates are on display within this Ceonobic Monastery.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

According to legend, this ancient column contains healing properties.

The ruins of this ancient fortification wall sit in the middle of a quiet, residential intersection.

After a catastrophic forest fire, a Greek artist transformed scorched tree trunks outside an old sanatorium into this haunting sculpture garden.

These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.

An often overlooked ancient site in downtown Athens with substantial history (and nature).

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

Thousands of birds nest in the cliffs while arctic foxes prowl below.

Ruins of two abandoned stations destroyed by the power they sought to harness.

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.