Places NJ220 Wants to Go

Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

A haunting collection of sunken wooden barges litters this Italian river bend.

When a massive landslide hit one of the world's tallest dams it created a tragic environmental disaster.

A devastating landslide accidentally created this tourist hotspot.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

The remains of 50,000 World War I soldiers rest under a towering arch overlooking the Alpine battlefields.

The 1940s structure houses what was once Europe's largest telescope.

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

On the shores of Lake Garda, the ruins of a Roman villa that allegedly belonged to the poet Catullus.

The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.

This ancient, tranquil shrine is the birthplace of ema prayer boards and the Ushi-no-toki-mairi curse ritual.

This garden located inside a bamboo forest once belonged to a famous Japanese actor.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

Although it has never been a secret ninja base, this shrine still has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

A forgotten hiker’s lodge, now reclaimed by the forest, with its chimney standing as a lone sentinel of the past.