Places Sxo Wants to Go

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

An eclectic art form practiced by untrained masters is celebrated at this museum in the heart of Zagreb's old Upper Town.

One of the world's oldest olive trees, thought to be over 2,000 years old.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

Ottoman-era houses lovingly preserved.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

An ancient church on a tiny island covered in stone bible stories has controversially been turned into a museum.

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

A vast, otherworldly collection of Buddhist stupas.

This neon lit Georgian cave claims to hold the boulder Prometheus was chained to.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.

The world's second-largest excavated hole.