Places Carnival Wants to Go

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

This remote British Imperial telegraph relay outpost drove men insane.

The United Arab Emirates's biggest and oldest fort pays homage to a lost era.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

The largest pool at its elevation sits on top of one of the most expensive resorts in the world.

A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

A secret door leads to this cozy dive that sells only “milk.”

The "Bridge Over the Atlantic" lets you cross the waterway in mere seconds.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.