Places vturiserra Wants to Go

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

An indigenous take on European design creates a stunning visual overload.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

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

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

12th-century holy complex shares land with a natural park full of heavenly waterfalls and raptors.

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

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

A public park off the beaten path with a beautiful waterfall and 13th century Cistercian abbey.

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.