Places warja Wants to Go

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

Thousands of rare and sculptural desert plants are cultivated in a surreal, open-air landscape unlike anything else on Mallorca.

The largest prehistoric cemetery on the Balearic Islands dates back over 2,500 years.

A contemporary art installation housed within a Gothic cathedral.

This historic electric train has operated with regularity since the early 1900s.

This "flat geyser" bubbles up out of the ground periodically like a disappearing river.

This spectacular bridge is part of an abandoned train line that once connected Mallorcan capital to the southeastern coast.

This historical manor is complete with a magnificent garden.

Peek into a cave of giant, glimmering crystals.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

One of few vertical lava tubes in the world accessible by foot.

A plaque on the side of a building is a small tribute to the woman who invented an iconic Berlin fast food.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

A spooky spot along the road where things mysteriously seem to move uphill by themselves.

Known as the Hintz House, this medieval pharmacy has been an apothecary's haven for nearly 450 years.

A celebration of all things tacky, garish, and bizarrely creative in the Romanian capital.

The preserved arm of a third-century sorcerer is believed to have the power to lift curses and spells.

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

On the cliffs of São Jorge in the Azores stand the remains of a lighthouse that was struck by a series of earthquakes.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

One artist's collection of homemade handicrafts doubles as a monument to 20th-century material culture.

A pre-Hispanic pyramid in the middle of a tourist district in the Canary Islands.

Crafted from ocean litter, this sculpture highlights the ills of overconsumption.