Places Catherine John Wants to Go

The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.

This amazing oasis of art and plants is hidden on the outskirts of Marrakesh.

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

Numerous impressive carvings are embedded in the trees lining this street in Marrakech.

One of the two original gateways into the Kasbah, this gateway is a nesting site for storks.

The former home of Dutch anthropologist Bert Flint now houses a collection of Berber art and artifacts.

Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

A honeycomb-like structure of interlocking shelves creates a beehive of books.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

A pretty park of over 1,600 olive trees that grew from just three saplings brought over from Spain.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

This historic cemetery built for victims of the epidemics that swept Guadalajara is shrouded in macabre tales.

You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.

Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.