Places butterflywings Wants to Go

This architecturally eclectic fortress witnessed centuries of bloody turmoil, including the massacre of its ruling clan.

This medieval citadel once guarded the western entrance of the Pamir Highway.

This was once the largest city in Kazakhstan, and a major stop on the Silk Road.

These "50 Fortresses" have been unearthed in the ancient oasis of Khwarezm.

This famed Silk Road oasis was one of the largest cities in the world before it was destroyed by a Mongol horde.

On the shores of Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Lake, a family cooks a feast that tells the sad tale of a people's exile.

These oldest of these "embroidered stones" were carved 4,000 years ago in a high mountain valley.

This remote Himalayan temple is in danger of being completely washed away by a melting glacier.

Everything from a plane to your own two feet are needed to reach this jungle resort.

The decaying remains of a once-luxurious Soviet spa town.

The costumes depict the Kurent, the star character of the annual Kurentovanje festival.

Nibble as you learn about Slovenia's longstanding tradition of making beautiful honey cookies.

The walls of this medieval church are covered with perfectly preserved frescos, including a pristine example of the Dance of Death.

Apparently, Hell has waterfalls in Slovenia.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

The Louisiana sandwich shop that served Bonnie and Clyde's last meal is a museum that chronicles the criminal couple and honors the Bienville Parish lawmen who stopped their crime spree in an ambush.

Site of the graveyard vine believed to be a curse on a family from the 1800s.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

Beautiful hillside Vermont cemetery with amazing funerary art.