Places alessissimo Wants to Go

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

This monastery built into a cliff hides a perfectly preserved hermit in a glass coffin.

On special occasions, one of the world's tallest artificial waterfalls gushes down the side of this Chinese skyscraper.

One of the largest and oldest caravansaries in Persia.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

This Bogotá museum houses the world's largest collection of pre-Columbian gold relics.

An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

Before serving as James Bond's Casino Royale, this Victorian-era spa catered to the world's elite.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

These small sculptures pay homage to the lovable star of an iconic Argentine comic strip.

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.

Eritrea's futuristic gas station is a nod to Italy's fascist history.

This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.

The oldest still-inhabited hill fort in India looks like a magnificent golden sandcastle.

This medieval castle was painted pink as part of a now-abandoned children's theme park.

The evocative ruins of a 1,000-year-old hill fort lie within a popular tiger reserve.

The fishing boats that moor in this small lagoon enter and leave through a tunnel to the sea.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

Translating as "The Jump of the Girlfriend," this stunning waterfall has a tragic legend behind it.

A former bastion of Rajput chivalry, this massive hill fort is the site of legend and tragedy.