Places simonele Wants to Go

These 5,000-year-old cave paintings provide a glimpse into prehistoric Finnish life.

This exuberantly curated landscape is one of the largest sculpture gardens in Canada.

Led Zeppelin wrote some of their most iconic songs at this little 18th-century Welsh cottage.

These natural stone bridges are the largest on the European continent.

An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

The pristine waters crossing this forest form a hidden waterfall among the dense vegetation.

During the Soviet era, the medieval capital of Volga Bulgaria served as a substitute for Mecca.

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.

This manor in the woods memorializes one of the greatest birders of a generation.

One of the greatest collections of coins in the world is housed in the former mansion of an archeological pioneer.

One of Mexico's least-visited archaeological sites is tucked away inside a theme park.

Nestled in an unassuming residential area, this "forbidden forest" is rumored to spirit away those who dare enter it.

This metal church may or may not have been designed by Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel.

This bed and breakfast is steeped in history and offers guests a unique way to experience nature—glass igloos on a frozen lake.

Delhi's oldest Christian cemetery is also said to be one of the most haunted in the region.

Was this cave created by Hercules's wrath, the devil, or volcanic activity?

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Dive for drinks at Croatia's first and only underwater winery.

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.

An ancient Phoenician citadel once stood at the site where Queen Dido first landed, according to legend.