Places cmwhite Wants to Go

This unique rock formation has become a popular walking trail.

The old tradition of drying laundry on poles in the public green is still guaranteed by Glasgow city law.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

This shrine dedicated to a legendary swordsman has become a pilgrimage site for the ill and infirmed.

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

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

This abandoned fortress still stands guard over the Guadiana River despite a history of warfare.

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

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

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.

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

Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.