Places tiernoodle Wants to Go

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

This beehive tomb built for royalty sat hidden for over 3,000 years.

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.

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

These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

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

An often overlooked ancient site in downtown Athens with substantial history (and nature).

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

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

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.

This neon installation is a tribute to a Mexica god, who gave his skin to humanity.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

This museum houses two of Mexico's most impressive Aztec monoliths.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

Underneath the historic center of Mexico City, the remains of a temple dedicated to the Aztec god of the wind.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.