Places michaelhordern Wants to Go

Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

Not far from a popular beach, an unfinished, abandoned mansion for Bulgaria's last communist dictator.

Rock carving created 1,300 years ago 75 feet off the ground.

A shopping mall housed in a historic cinema and hiding ancient ruins under its floors.

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

Ruins of an early Roman Christian church dating back to the 4th to 5th centuries.

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

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

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

A well-restored ancient archaeology site gives a real feel for life during the Roman age.

Down this yellow brick road, visitors are treated to toadstool houses and massive mushroom sculptures.

Fascinating exhibits of prehistoric and ancient artifacts displayed with a uniquely modern touch.

This 15th-century aqueduct with distinctive pointed arches was used for irrigation in the Vinalopó valley.

Once used to calculate the various levels around the country.

The only pub in the world surrounded by an ancient stone circle.

Once the site of medieval pilgrimage for its healing powers, this well was lost and later rediscovered.

Death hangs in the air here, where a 17th-century gibbet has been erected on a Neolithic tomb.

An obsolete, long-forgotten advertising character lingers on this Sainsbury’s balcony railings.

Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.

This Bordeaux parking garage has 712 indoor spaces, and one outdoor.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

The final resting place of a miniature monkey.

For a century and a half, this great beech stood bearing a carefully carved 20-line poem. Now this stone and plaque are all that remain.