Places Megan Johnson Wants to Go

"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

Local lore says the devil built this beautiful medieval bridge to help a fleeing bandit.

An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

Holding the current title of "biggest chair in the world," it stands with little fanfare in Lucena, Spain.

A well-restored ancient archaeology site gives a real feel for life during the Roman age.

This beautifully verdant lagoon is tucked below a massive volcano in a crater atop a black pebble beach.

An arresting arch punched straight through a mountain provides one of the most scenic spots, and challenging climbs, on the planet.

Lava stone structures possibly dating back to the 19th century may have been a stopping point for voyagers between ancient Egypt and the Mayan Civilization.

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.

This "flat geyser" bubbles up out of the ground periodically like a disappearing river.

Visit a surreal landscape so otherworldly NASA actually used it to train the Apollo 17 crew.

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

Now a pile of ruins and rubble, this was a lovely mountain town as recently as 1960.

On La Gomera, "Silbadors" communicate in a 4,000-word language of whistles.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

The chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.