Places sarahvjanet Wants to Go

Hidden deep in a forest is this geological wonder carved by glaciers.

Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

Partially collapsed lava tube and cave system complete with concert hall, underground pond, and unique albino crabs.

One of the largest ossuaries in Spain is packed from floor to ceiling with bones.

A charming Spanish village sits atop this natural limestone overpass.

A Franco-era dam flooded (almost) everyone out of this centuries-old Aragonese town.

This awesome Spanish castle is so fantastical it was actually used on Game of Thrones.

Considered the birthplace of the Copper Age and Bronze Age, the river is tinted red from 5,000 years of mining.

A Spanish town built into the cliffs.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

This Navarrese cave's history of witchcraft and pagan ritual is not just embraced, but recreated each year.

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

A landscape decorated with enormous skull sculptures.

The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

Natural stone arches form a walkable "cathedral" at low tide, then disappear entirely when the water returns.