Places simonele Wants to Go

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

A museum dedicated to the former country.

The largest cave in Northern Europe.

One of the word's deepest gorges is also tied to a fantastic legend.

A surrealist labyrinth and museum of contemporary sculptures.

These Bronze Age rock carvings are among the oldest in the region.

An old, deep well, connected with a miraculous, divine rescue and the patron saint of Madrid.

In this desolate valley resides a gorgeous set of rocks sporting a technicolor design.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

Some believe that this ancient mural depicts technology far ahead of its time, but in reality it's nothing quite out of place.

A striped 12th-century basilica sits in the countryside of Sardinia.

A home base for Judy Chicago, one of America's leading radical feminist artists.

A trio of keyhole-shaped burial mounds restored to their ancient glory.

This natural monument has an origin story steeped in legend.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

An 11th-century Byzantine church with medieval Serbian history and spectacular views.

The most sacred Jewish shrine in Iran and a fine example of restoration works gone wrong.

The largest archaeological site from the Yayoi period.

Monumental paintings, discovered in a Mexican cathedral in 1957, depict the deaths of some friars in Japan.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

The oldest Muslim cemetery in Singapore, with a strong royal connection.

A culturally significant rural temple in the beautiful mountains of Itoshima.

This remote 4,500 year old medicine wheel is one of the last of its kind.