Places StepYoshi Wants to Go

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

This Scandinavian island is the site of the first modern observatory.

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

Abandoned outpost once home to a murderous tyrant.

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

This otherworldly French waterfall looks like its waters have turned to stone.

France's Lilliputian park displays over 100 of the country's monuments for visitor perusal.

This futuristic observatory at the top of the Pyrénées offers unrivaled views.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

One of the world's most complex timepieces.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.