Places yohan Wants to Go

Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

This pub can leave even the sober feeling slightly unsteady.

One of the world's most advanced radio observatories sprawls across the Atacama Desert.

This once-abandoned mansion is now a dreamy event space.

The narrow passages will challenge even the bravest driver.

You'll find rocket launchers, not rollercoasters, at Russia's “military Disneyland.”

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

A 22-million-year-old sandstone cave is a natural habitat for award-winning cheese.

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

A crumbling World War I fort that is reached through a series of concrete tunnels.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

Few people have ever heard of, let alone visited, one of Turkmenistan’s most impressive natural attractions.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

Dance on a hand-hewn log floor padded with bouncy boxcar springs at a saloon built in 1883.

A working ranch doubles as a sustainable hub for world-renowned classical music and large-scale sculptures.

This hotel has hardly changed in over a century, like a time capsule of old Oregon.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

This colorful overpass is one of Bhutan's longest suspension bridges.

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.