Places loquito57 Wants to Go

Romania's only crater lake with water as pure as if distilled.

This enormous abandoned prison was once dubbed the "Bastille of Romania."

A muddy alien landscape that is home to rare species of exotic plants.

A celebration of all things tacky, garish, and bizarrely creative in the Romanian capital.

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

Check out engineering marvels of the past at this unintentionally retrofuturist museum.

An abandoned resort in North Macedonia is a relic from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

A solar-powered primary school inspires hope and experimentation in a country ripe for energy innovation.

Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

What was once the largest mine in North America has left behind a hollow hill filled with bright blue waters.

This pirate-broadcasting-tower-turned-restaurant played a rebellious role in the history of Dutch television.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

A forest of immensely tall and unusually straight oak trees planted nearly 200 years ago to build naval ships that never came to be.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

Hidden beneath a restaurant, underground tunnels tell the story of Malta’s tragic role in World War II.

The fishing boats that moor in this small lagoon enter and leave through a tunnel to the sea.

A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.

The Jesus tree of Malta bears a striking resemblance to Christ on the cross.

This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.