Places akiraa1 Wants to Go

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

This ornate example of 19th-century Chinese architecture is one of only a handful of Confucius shrines in Japan.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

From an earlier era, a small community was established and was prosperous but drifted away, leaving only the bank vault behind.

This unique museum showcases the largest collection of Al-Qatt Al-Asiri art, a traditional wall painting style adopted by the people in the Asir Mountains of Saudi Arabia.

Al Rahmah Mosque appears to "float" atop the Red Sea.

Prehistoric humans once used this sprawling lava tube network in the Saudi Arabian desert as shelter.

This former Portuguese defensive fort atop a hill was occupied for thousands of years.

This 900-year-old mosque was restored using traditional techniques and materials.

Carved into a towering rock mountain in Al Ula, this once served as a religious and political center in Hegra.

Parts of this palace are upheld by merely palm stems or reeds supported by palm tree beams.

This tower has survived the times despite being composed of mud and camel hair.

A network of tunnels runs underneath the buildings of this ancient village.

For centuries, Jeddah’s old town was a major trading port and a point of entry for Hajj pilgrims traveling by sea.

Climbing the "mountain of frustration" is no easy feat.

A 900-year-old village located in the highland of the Asir region that features historic architecture.

A phenomenon that appears to make gravity work in reverse has been attributed to jinn, supernatural spirits from Arabian folklore.