Places leslier1177 Wants to Go

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

Wash down heaping platters of meze with raki at one of the city's best taverns.

Have tea in a cemetery with a dazzling view of Istanbul.

The eclectic home of a leading Turkish architect is a gorgeous piece of eye candy.

A Turkish monastery tucked into a cliff wall.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

Inside the corridors of this flea market, visitors are sure to find some obscure and odd treasures.

The first modernist church in Europe.

Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.

A rooftop restaurant hides in plain sight atop Vienna's Palace of Justice.

One of Vienna’s oldest (and perhaps most haunted) alleys, allegedly with a bloody past that gave it its name.

Europe's largest river aquarium features freshwater species from around the world.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

The load bearing parts of this historic 18th century canal aqueduct has largely been hidden from view by 20th century road construction.

This much reformed Modernist building will be of interest to fans of contemporary architecture too.

Remains of the walls of the Roman city named for its founder

The Museum of the Forum of Caesar Augusta showcases the city's ancient Roman sewage system.

This 11th-century fortress is now the seat of Aragon’s state legislature.

Royals, rebels, and artists have all conversed at this grand 19th-century Viennese coffee house.

A non-stop elevator ride in Vienna's city hall.

This cubist Vienna church building looks like some sort of alien stonehenge.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

An abandoned 17th-century baroque hunting lodge with a wonderfully strange architectural plan.

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.