Places alessandralee Wants to Go

The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

Five ancient libraries, little changed for centuries, preserve a medieval archive of Quranic lore and civic documents

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.

An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

This secret cemetery where no flag is allowed to fly holds the bodies of American soldiers convicted of heinous crimes during WWII.

What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

In this African village, the walls of the chief's compound are painted with beautiful traditional designs.

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

Built over an abandoned train yard, this hidden gem is full of winding paths and offers gorgeous views of Sydney Harbour.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

This hilltop warren of monastic dwellings is the result of centuries worth of Mongol attacks.

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.