Places AbsoluteNomad Wants to Go

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.