Places aswope1995 Wants to Go

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A chinese farmer builds robots from scrap.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

Explore this massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned, mostly destroyed.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

This Navarrese cave's history of witchcraft and pagan ritual is not just embraced, but recreated each year.

Live a night as a Byzantine King, with a minibar and private jacuzzi.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.

Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin' ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.

This junkyard made over as a theme park is the "Most Alaskan place in Alaska."

A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.

A unique beach made of a myriad of multi-sized pebbles.

A once great mansion stands in stately ruin.

A skeletal collection of former nautical mainstays.