Places riche103 Wants to Go

Divers can encounter an abandoned warship encircled by a giant kraken submerged in the British Virgin Islands.

Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.

These picturesque ruins crumble beautifully into the ocean.

A circle stone within a stone circle.

Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.

An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

A beautiful collection of taxidermy birds and rare pomological wax models.

For centuries, Germans have been dancing in trees.

A dramatic sculpture high up in Yorkshire with vistas on an industrial scale.

Stretching almost 2,000 feet, this painting is one of the longest pieces of Buddhist artwork in the world.

Every winter, the wind carves blocks of frozen water into beautiful abstract shapes inside this unusually curved tunnel.

Though much of the castle was robbed of its stones, the underlying earthworks are among the best-preserved in England.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

The city-sized home palace of one of ancient Egypt's most powerful rulers gives us a rare look into the lives of the epoch's rulers.

The largest prehistoric cemetery on the Balearic Islands dates back over 2,500 years.

A network of ancient Egyptian tombs built into the cliff face along the Nile.

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

The evocative ruins of a 1,000-year-old hill fort lie within a popular tiger reserve.

This 15th-century fortification was built to defend bunnies.