Places Megan Johnson Wants to Go

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Where lovers tie birch branches into long-lived knots.

This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.

Wind power station for making famous Ketel One vodka.

Pull up and have a drink at a museum filled with hundreds of years' worth of shipwreck artifacts.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.

Unchanged for centuries, this medieval library keeps its books in chains.

The tallest waterfall in the Netherlands is a lovely, stepped feature that is only 50 feet tall.

Survival capsules find a second life as a unique hotel.

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.

The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.

Two gravestones clasp hands over the religious divide.

Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

This beautifully designed star-shaped fort was the premier defense system of the late 1500s.

This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.