Places planan Wants to Go

At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.

Exquisite examples prehistoric bas-relief carvings.

15,000 year old bison sculptures.

Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

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

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

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

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.

An exquisite and eclectic selection of African masks stands out within a massive woodcarving marketplace.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

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