Places yohan Wants to Go

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

Nestled in the mountains of Portugal is a tiny village made almost entirely of schist.

This mesmerizing, colorful structure looks like a tent made from stained glass.

This cascade of mineral-rich hot springs and waterfalls is an oasis in the Jordanian desert.

This underground church is topped with a 500-foot cross that is seen by many as a beacon of fascist hubris.

A magnificent, long-abandoned castle built in the wake of the reconquest of Spain.

A breathtaking and biodiverse wilderness in the mountain setting of Ernest Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls."

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

Concentrated around the Dead Sea, these surprising canyons are filled with coursing water, fish, and even crabs.

Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.

An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.

Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.

This impressive system of tanks was used to store drinking water as long as 2,000 years ago.

Rare karst landscape eroded from a flat seabed.

This surreal-looking tree pruned more than 1,000 years ago is still producing olives for oil.

A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

America's smallest "national forest" has only 33 trees.

This unimaginably large pile of sand near Nazca is one of the tallest dunes in the world.

The sophisticated hydraulic system of the Nazca civilization.

A macabre anatomy museum tucked within an old Italian hospital.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.