Places amosner Wants to Go

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.

A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.

A magical, if a bit tacky, 1960s castle conjures up medieval fairytales and Greek mythology.

The historic tower houses of this nearly abandoned Greek town have been compared to the spikes on an iguana's back.

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.

More than 100 monumental tombs carved into rock are preserved at this ancient Nabataean site in the Arabian Desert.

While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

This fortress sits atop a centuries-old well system.

A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.

It might not be the prettiest pyramid in Egypt, but it may be the muddiest.

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

Hundreds of thousands of ancient documents offer a unique glimpse into Jewish life in Cairo.

A preserved oasis with traditional Andalusian-style architecture and beautiful views of the Nile.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.