Places aesopsc Wants to Go

This futuristic building is yet another architectural wonder in Dubai.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

Billed as the "largest natural flower garden in the world" this Middle Eastern show field has little competition at 45 million flowers.

A unique configuration of blown glass can be found inside this hotel lobby.

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

This vestige of Seychelles’s colonial past now resides in a busy intersection and didn’t chime for its first 96 years.

A schooner, nicknamed "The Unsinkable," with a long history of survival in the Indian Ocean.

In the middle of a busy residential neighborhood, a small roofless church being reclaimed by nature.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

Dynastic Home of the De Piro Family.

A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.

This church is named for one of the most dramatic tales in the early Christian church.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

This almost-forgotten underground dungeon housed several convicts over the years, including Caravaggio.

The medieval home is still engraved with the symbol of the profession, an eye flanked by two axes.

The eclectic seaside sanctuary caters to a rather fowl crowd.

Tourists to the mountaintop Sicilian town often overlook its ancient fortifications.

The former atelier of Mario Cassisa is a treasure trove of paintings, sculptures, and artist books.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.