Places Oops3ggs Wants to Go

In 1888, a resident of Xagħra, Malta, discovered a small underground chamber filled with stalactites and stalagmites when digging a well.

The bones of prehistoric animals and early signs of human habitation have been found inside Malta's "cave of darkness."

An 18th-century hunting lodge turned haunted Baroque palace.

A small cave network was discovered under a home in Xagħra, in 1924 when the owner was digging a well.

Despite the name, these small saltwater swimming pools have nothing to do with the Romans.

After 400 years of being closed to the public, this monastery's underground tunnels and secret garden are now a museum.

Ancient mysterious ruts carved in the bedrock.

This 50-foot-deep sinkhole created in the 14th century is home to rare plants and fungi.

At more than 5,000 years old, these structures are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.

These temples are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.

This almost-forgotten underground dungeon housed several convicts over the years, including Caravaggio.

Enigmatic tombs and cave dwellings on the outskirts of a rural village.

The fishing boats that moor in this small lagoon enter and leave through a tunnel to the sea.

Overshadowed by other, more famous Maltese catacombs, this ancient burial chamber has one of the best examples of a ritual agape table.

These lesser-known Maltese catacombs date back over 1,700 years.

This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.

A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.

This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

This museum is also an active archeological site at the eastern end of Lake Neuchâtel.

The skeleton of a 19th-century elephant that was executed by cannonball.

Where two rivers meet—but don’t mix.

These spindly, stone-capped formations are the product of glacial deposits and thousands of years of erosion.