Places Megan Johnson Wants to Go

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

The university library shaped like a giant piece of Swiss cheese.

Standing stones found on a construction site are re-erected.

Vines grow up the metal bars in this public park created from an old machine factory.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.

Stumbling upon this whimsical wooded garden is like stepping into an enchanted forest full of philosophical musings.

These pools have been abandoned for over 20 years.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

A cherry tree growing atop a mulberry tree.

A tree that defies gravity grows in an ancient ruin.

This one-of-a-kind archeological site is home to strange prehistoric ruins, the original use of which is still a mystery.

A line of abandoned, alien-like fortresses dot the mountains of North Italy.

The wreckage of a tragic plane crash is on display at this museum devoted to a famous Italian conspiracy.

One of the highest emergency huts in the world has been waiting almost a century to give imperiled climbers a place to lie down.

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.

Windblown rock formations in an ancient Roman quarry.