Places nickfranssen Wants to Go

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

A deer-headed statue that brings together a 12th-century legend and big wave surfing.

The ancient sauropod tracks found in this former quarry are some of the largest in the world.

In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

This panoramic lift provides a futuristic ride up San Pedro Mountain.

Giant granite sculptures representing family on the northern coast of Spain.

This enchanting natural park is a magical example of a temperate rainforest in Europe.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

The overgrown remains of one of the premier auto-racing speedways in the Midwest—and also one of the most deadly.

For millennia, explorers were obsessed with discovering the source of the Nile—is this small mountain stream really the answer?

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

Climb around the high waterfalls on series of iron ladders and bridges within the wildest gorge in the Slovak Paradise.

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.

Inside the Šomoška National Nature Reserve exists a unique rock formation rarely seen in the world.

This lighthouse was crafted as penitence for the theft of wine bound for a monastery.

This giant radio telescope would be a rusting ruin if it hadn't become such a beloved relic.

The ship that got left behind.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.

Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.