Places yohan Wants to Go

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

The world's most famous cheese caves.

A precariously balanced goose-shaped boulder with a dark legend.

The "stairway to heaven" lookout tower was built to resist weather, arson, and the laws of physics.

This whimsical statue dumps water on its head to symbolize knowledge flowing into his brain. Or maybe booze.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

The souls of the dead have made these Ghanese crocodiles shockingly docile.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.

A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.

This Indonesian village was revitalized by a vibrant rainbow paint job.

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.

A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

Longest road tunnel in the world features an air treatment plant and the illusion of daylight.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

Thousands of years of crashing waves gave this mushroom-shaped rock its svelte figure.

A bright turquoise river cascades beautifully down stepped terraces in southern China.

A vortex fountain that seems to rise out of the ground.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.