Places samudiamedeiros Wants to Go

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

The only gulag ever to exist in socialist Yugoslavia.

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

An ancient tomb that still stands in Portugal.

These rock drawings in the Côa Valley also create an ancient optical illusion.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

A windswept necropolis carved into the rocks overlooks the "most Portuguese town in Portugal."

You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.

Pagan monument converted to Christianity with the population.

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

Artist's eccentric property excessively decorated with found objects and work of his own.