Places simonele Wants to Go

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.

Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

One native village in Bali lays their dead at the foot of a holy tree whose natural fragrance seems to hide the stench as the bodies decompose.

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

One of the world's oldest trees comes with a Welsh legend intertwining it with a spirit prophesying death.

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

A midnight snack that lights up the night.

One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.

Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."