Places maranako Wants to Go

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.

A mecca for India's Jains.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.

Clusters of huge boulders in the Australian Outback.

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.