20 Places That Look Like They Were Designed by Fantasy Artists

They call them ‘fairy chimneys,’ and it’s easy to see why. These strange, cone-shaped rock formations rise from the plains of central Turkey. But they aren’t just rocks; people have carved homes and churches into them since the Bronze Age. It’s a landscape of human history written onto a geological wonder. In the morning, hundreds of hot air balloons often fill the sky, giving you a bird’s-eye view of a place that feels like it’s from another time. It became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1985.