Places riche103 Wants to Go

A trove of ridiculously valuable prints and manuscripts under one roof.

One man’s collection of photography books has transformed into a charming exhibition space.

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

The first public library in the Americas has more than 45,000 books dating back to the 15th century.

This house covered in art created with volcanic rocks is shrouded in macabre lore.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Called the "Armenian Stonehenge," this ring of menhirs pierced with holes may be a prehistoric astronomical observatory.

Right up until the 20th century this network of man-made caves was the biggest village in Eastern Armenia.

The world's longest nonstop reversible cable car soars through spectacular scenery to the medieval Tatev Monastery.

Modern-day cave dwellers carve elaborate homes out of volcanic debris.

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.

An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.

An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

A hundred and twenty year old twelve story lighthouse located on a beautiful Indonesian island.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.