Places nickfranssen Wants to Go

The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

The Bulgarian royal family exclusively used this ornate, now-abandoned train station.

An old spa town in the mountains of Romania where, according to legend, the great hero Hercules once bathed.

A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

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

This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

These cascading falls resonate throughout the Bulgarian forest.

An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.

Fantastic lake on the heart of a fault line.

Jurassic theme park in the small town of Erlian.

In the middle of a barren desert, a massive, solitary rocky thumb juts out.

This tilted minaret and mosque are a feat of modern engineering.

These beautiful historic watchtowers were used for both scanning the desert for enemy invaders and observing the celestial world.

The site of a bloody showdown between invading Iraqi forces and a cell of the popular resistance in Kuwait.

It's believed human settlements from the Palaeolithic Age were established not far from this canyon.

A 900-year-old village located in the highland of the Asir region that features historic architecture.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Prehistoric humans once used this sprawling lava tube network in the Saudi Arabian desert as shelter.

This small canyon is home to a treasure trove of geological oddities.

An underground unique sacred place in the Kazakh steppe in which Sufism and nomadic tradition merge.

A sacred lake with thousands of sacred carp and a biblical history.

Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.