Places Megan Johnson Wants to Go

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

Poseidon? No one seems to know.

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

An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.

The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

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

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

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

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

The second-largest Jewish temple in Bulgaria was deserted after World War II, seized by the communist government and then abandoned again.

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

The ceiling of Prohodna Cave in northern Bulgaria affords a peek at the sky via two deity-sized-eye-shaped holes.

An ancient Thracian city where fire rituals were practiced on the largest cult altar in Southeast Europe.

A Bulgarian monument to Russia's role in World War II is constantly being painted in pop culture protest.

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

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

A spooky spot along the road where things mysteriously seem to move uphill by themselves.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

The growing stones of Romania.

Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.

This bone-filled cave got its name after they found 140 bear skeletons inside.

Romania's only crater lake with water as pure as if distilled.

Even drowned in an ocean of toxic waste, the remnants of this Romanian village stand tall.