Places AAlcazar Wants to Go

This century-old ruined temple was reborn as "The Church of Skate."

A site where “the ravages of the war are more striking…than any other place in contemporary Spain.”

A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Ruins of the Crusaders' headquarters.

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

On La Gomera, "Silbadors" communicate in a 4,000-word language of whistles.

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.

Giant money stones of Yap.

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

The lovely lake that was naturally dammed, then naturally destroyed, then unnaturally saved.

The ancient remains of this natural fortress can still be found along the Silk Road looking surprisingly preserved.

A lush desert oasis in the shape of a narrow crescent.

No one is exactly sure why over a hundred lakes have formed amongst the tallest sand dunes on Earth.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.

Over the dunes of the Empty Quarter, the mysterious music of the desert.

The bluer than blue waters in these natural Israeli caves are reached via the world's steepest cable car.

This ancient mountain monastery welcomes all manner of faith in an effort to keep Christians in Syria.

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

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.

While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.