Places alessissimo Wants to Go

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

The steel cable lets adventurers zoom between two mountain towns at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour.

The decaying remains of a once-luxurious Soviet spa town.

The little church's beautifully frescoed ceiling has earned it the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of Madrid.”

These colonial murals are a fascinating hybrid of Spanish and Indigenous aesthetics.

A magnificent Neogothic tomb hides within this Italian fairytale-like forest.

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.

Walk through a restaurant's refrigerator door to reach this hidden bar.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

One of Yemen’s oldest and most beautiful mosques was named for the incredible, historical queen buried inside it.

This poignant sculpture of a gnarled weapon is a symbol of non-violence.

Hundreds of caves filled with thousands of centuries-old statues and murals.

A magnificent, long-abandoned castle built in the wake of the reconquest of Spain.

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

The world's largest frame offers spectacular views of the city's past and present.

This former royal palace with gorgeous gardens became the first museum in Morocco.

Climb atop one of the world's longest and heaviest trains for an unbelievable journey across the Sahara Desert.

This magnificent market stands as a poignant symbol of the suffering caused by the Spanish Civil War.