Places nowickid Wants to Go

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

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

A spectacular Bulgarian cave resembling a devil's head with a waterfall rushing down its throat.

This tiny Bulgarian town offers a stunning location in the mountains and a storied history.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’ immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.

Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

An islet filled with wooden houses where the open sea meets a lagoon.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.

The hermits of Karoulia protect their asocial lifestyles by living on the vertical face of a treacherous precipice.

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.

This black sand beach was crafted from volcanic explosions including the historic Minoan eruption.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

This secret coastal village is studded with pastel-colored houses all piled on top of one another.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

This little Greek plateau is home to thousands of rustic, white-sailed windmills.

This remarkable checkered church on a Corsican hilltop is fabled to have been built by angels.

The forbidden island of the Tuscan Archipelago may still contain buried treasure.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.