Places anafil Wants to Go

A memorial dedicated to the 29,000 Istrian freedom fighters of World War II.

This seven-sided Romanesque chapel is regarded as the oldest building in Rovinj.

A Roman mosaic depicting a classical myth was only rediscovered after bombing during World War II.

This ancient Roman aqueduct once funneled water to Diocletian's palace.

Island wonderland for communist autocrats.

Inside this mansion turned museum, the works of prominent Croatian artists are on full display.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

A full figure 4th century incorruptible saint lies in a glass coffin in Croatia.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

A tower devoted to — and modeled after — the Divine Comedy.

Marked by the hand of the explorer Henry Morton Stanley.

This circular Iranian jail was once a political prison run by the country's secret police.

This 17th-century structure is a beautiful testimony to traditional Persian architecture

The ancient necropolis houses the immense rock-cut tombs of four Persian kings.

Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.

Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.

An early-20th-century "dacha" village of quaint cottages curiously located in a modern part of Moscow.

A 2nd-century stupa home to one of the world's oldest statues of the Buddha.

This commanding mausoleum holds the remains of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.

For more than 40 years this Barnum-inspired half-fox, half-woman has been telling fortunes from her cage in a Pakistani zoo.

A tower built by an emperor for an antelope.

Lunar landscape, a mud volcano and bizarre rock formations.

Massive fortress bastions in the desert of Cholistan.