Places Suzanne Mercury Wants to Go

This modern tandoor eatery was once a canteen for Soviet farmers.

One man’s collection of photography books has transformed into a charming exhibition space.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

The observation point offers spectacular views of the ruins of an ancient Armenian capital.

The ruins of a medieval monastery built on a perilous slope.

She asked for a potato cellar and over the next 23 years he gave her a network of holy caves.

After visiting hours, this picturesque waterfall is essentially turned "off" to be used for hydroelectric power.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.

Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.

Underground monastery and fortress.

A subterranean Holocaust refuge within one of the world's longest cave systems.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

This tiny cabin was home to one of Iceland's most famous painters and was the only land he ever owned.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.

Norway's chilly all ice-instrument festival.