Manresa, Spain
Cave of Saint Ignatius
The grotto where Saint Ignatius of Loyola lived as a hermit for nearly a year.
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Manresa, Spain
The grotto where Saint Ignatius of Loyola lived as a hermit for nearly a year.
Savovo, Serbia
This mesmerizing medieval monastery-cave complex sits thousands of feet above ground overlooking a valley.
Leggiuno, Italy
This monastery built into a cliff hides a perfectly preserved hermit in a glass coffin.
Obljaj, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This rustic home is the birthplace of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassin.
Lleida, Spain
A river hides a charming medieval bridge.
Greifswald, Germany
These crumbling monastery ruins inspired a master of German Romanticism.
Gropparello, Italy
This castle has decor from many periods of history, as well as a fairytale park.
Tynemouth, England
Royal burial place of the kings of ancient Britain.
Almon, Israel
A serene desert oasis speckled with ancient artifacts.
Jerusalem, Israel
The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.
Ramla, Israel
You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.
Ashkelon, Israel
These numerous Israeli caves were dug out over hundreds years for reasons ranging from hideouts to burial sites.
Moscow, Russia
The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.
Moscow, Russia
This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Moscow, Russia
Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.
Kunming, China
270 million year-old forest of stone.
Beijing, China
Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?
Zhangye Shi, China
These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.
Aba, China
Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.
Zhangjiajie, China
A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.
Beijing, China
The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.
Shengshan Island, China
This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.
Datong, China
A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.
Panjin Shi, China
A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.