Places stephsrs Wants to Go

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

Stories of sightless fish and ghostly cowboys are only a fraction of the legends surrounding this Kansas sinkhole.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

This natural wonderland is a unique chance to explore a Carolina bay, a mysterious geological formation of unknown origin.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.

After a catastrophic forest fire, a Greek artist transformed scorched tree trunks outside an old sanatorium into this haunting sculpture garden.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

Savor sheep milk yogurt at the last of Athens' dairy bars.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.