Places Simlayer Wants to Go

The room where Vincent van Gogh died.

A site where “the ravages of the war are more striking…than any other place in contemporary Spain.”

A Romanesque tower appears when water levels drop.

Mysterious Spanish catacombs of unknown origins.

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

This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.

A Spanish forest is filled with mysterious stone carvings.

Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway used to be one of the most dangerous crossings in the world.

An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.

Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.

A gravity-defying "devil's bridge" that has a surprising architectural feature for its stability.

For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.

According to local folklore, this Roman sepulcher was once a throne for the Devil.

These hut foundations are believed to be the residence of Romulus, founder of Rome.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

The ruins of an abbey believed to have been founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century.

This Swedish automobile graveyard is a beautiful gallery of decay, but woe be to any who would steal a souvenir.

The last fully functional fortress of Germany's World War II Atlantikwall.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.