Places michaelamiller Wants to Go

A Biblically notable site over the ruins of an ancient city that is now a protected World Heritage site.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

The bluer than blue waters in these natural Israeli caves are reached via the world's steepest cable car.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

Spiral alpine structure provides an alternative experience of viewing the Matterhorn.

Abbey built on the ruins of Roman catacombs.

Extensive private collection of authentic Medieval devices used for human torture and execution.

An 11th-century fortress home to one of the most influential royal houses in medieval Europe.

Where Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' and John William Polidori's 'The Vampyre' were born.

Over 3km of caverns and caves at the Switzerland-France border contain the largest underground river in Central Europe.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.