Places bfoeldesi Wants to Go

This enormous statue of the Buddha is a response to the destruction of the Bamiyan statues in Afghanistan.

An enigmatic temple with complicated history, at the center of Sri Lanka.

This ancient cave temple complex is the largest and best-preserved temple complex in Sri Lanka.

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

This site was once the religious, cultural, and trade center of Sri Lanka.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

This living legend of maritime history is enjoying a second life.

This futuristic building is yet another architectural wonder in Dubai.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.

A breathtakingly steep set of stairs is carved directly into the face of the sea cliffs of Bonifacio.

Once the hottest nightclub in France, Amnesia now lies in ruins after a 2000 bombing.

A resort destroyed by a mysterious bombing offers visitors only its remains and the riddle behind it's demise.

Resting on a hill overlooking the coast, these medieval ruins look completely deserted save for their restored chapel.

This remarkable checkered church on a Corsican hilltop is fabled to have been built by angels.

You've probably seen these distinctive orange-tiled columns on the big screen.

This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

An open-air sewer system that was covered piece-by-piece over 300 years.

This museum inside Amsterdam's largest cemetery explores how people deal with death.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.