Places Rogier Wants to Go

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

Hundreds of stones dangle from barren trees in the middle of the desert.

A collection of intricate sculptures so small they have to be seen through a microscope.

This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

The “City of Stairs” sits high in the Andes, above the world’s largest underground copper mine.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

This gnarled old tree supposedly sprouted from seeds kept in the pocket of a 16th-century Spanish sailor.

One of the largest collections of socialist realist art shows the surprising depth of the official art of the Soviet Union.

This remote research station sits amid the second-largest ice sheet on the planet.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.

A Swiss board game museum housed inside a picture-perfect castle.