Places novalinne Wants to Go

A beautiful mountaintop mausoleum devoted to a Montenegrin icon can't seem to make everyone happy.

This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.

Its frescoes depict the likeness of Marshal Tito, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels burning in hell.

A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

The largest wine cellar in the world is a 150-mile network of underground caves near the capital of Moldova.

A statue dedicated to the founders of communism.

Seventy-five miles of limestone caves host more than a million bottles of wine beneath a sleepy Moldovan town.

Elaborate mansions built by Roma residents in Soroca to show their success after centuries of discrimination.

The birthplace of both the Atomic Age and Godzilla, and the namesake of the bathing suit.

Every year, people come together to cover this mud-brick mosque with a fresh layer of earth.

The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.

One of Western Africa's oldest mosques, this Timbuktu icon has stood for nearly 700 years.

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

The world's seventh-largest coral reef contains an incredible amount of biodiversity.

An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.

A narrow, serpentine spit of sand is constantly eroded and rebuilt by competing currents.

Fine dining 20 feet below the surface in the Indian Ocean.

Over two-thirds of the world's population of giant tortoises live among this coral formation.

The Great Tsingy has a smaller, rose-colored cousin.

Liechtenstein's royal family calls this medieval alpine castle home.

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.

This Liberian resort offers comfort, ecofriendly hospitality, and a mission of sustainability.