Places myklbrown Wants to Go

Perched above the bustling town of Kerak is a sprawling, ruinous castle that has witnessed nearly a millennia of Levantine history.

Concentrated around the Dead Sea, these surprising canyons are filled with coursing water, fish, and even crabs.

This cascade of mineral-rich hot springs and waterfalls is an oasis in the Jordanian desert.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

The largest underground lake in Europe.

For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.

This ossuary is more than five centuries old and is heralded as one of the finest in Switzerland.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

In one of the world's smallest countries, a royal's personal winery is open to the public.

The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.

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

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

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

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

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

The second-highest train station in Europe.

Medieval irrigation channels built into the sides of mountains provided Valais with water for hundreds of years.

Abbey built on the ruins of Roman catacombs.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

An ancient theatre in the "little Rome of the Alps."

An opulent monument built for a duke who donated his entire fortune to the city of Geneva.

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.