Places AlexOnAdventure Wants to Go

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

A bronze sculpture of Lenin’s likeness outside Havana surrounded by 12 human figures in solidarity with the Bolshevik Revolution.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

A nuclear power plant abandoned along with an international allegience.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

A series of five defunct panopticon prisons in Cuba.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

A Spanish-style estate that has traded black ties for rock concerts.

A colorful narrow alley in Cuba is full of street art and sculptures made of found objects.

One of the last surviving ancient Buddhist sites in the region, it escaped the brunt of several Hun invasions thanks to its remote location.

The Great Wall of Sindh, Pakistan's mighty fort.

The third largest ship breaking yard in the world has created an eerie shipping graveyard in southern Pakistan.

A tower built by an emperor for an antelope.

The place that allegedly inspired James Hilton's depiction of Shangri-La.

A place as enchanting as the journey to reach it is harrowing.

A 17th-century mosque that was used for war more than worship.

Known as the most dangerous bridge in the world, the Hussaini Hanging Bridge is only one of many precarious rope bridges in Northern Pakistan.

These stairs were built to accommodate royals mounted on elephants.

Lunar landscape, a mud volcano and bizarre rock formations.

Massive fortress bastions in the desert of Cholistan.

One of the largest necropolises in the world is home to a stunning array of historic Middle Eastern tombs.

Reputedly haunted sandstone necropolis with exquisite stone carvings.