Places amosner Wants to Go

Yemen's "Stone Palace" looks like it was carved right out of the tall stone column on which it is built.

Supposedly this Ethiopian chapel holds the Ark of the Covenant, guarded by virgins who cannot leave the building.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

This historic observatory was established to keep shipwrecks from littering the Cape of Good Hope.

Did Gustav Eiffel design this enigmatic metal building?

Stay in your own little bubble.

When humans abandoned this safari lodge, the lions took over.

Once living up to its name as the grandest hotel in all of Africa, the Grande Hotel is now home to a community of squatters.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

From neon green watering holes to bleached elephant foetuses, this Mozambique museum makes natural history weird.

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

A safari-themed castle in the South African bush with the largest maze in the southern hemisphere.

Former military fort and site of untold horrors during WWII, this island may become the Adriatic's next luxury resort.

A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.

This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

A two thousand year old brothel uncovered in Northern Greece.

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.