Places Crawdie Wants to Go

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

The place that allegedly inspired James Hilton's depiction of Shangri-La.

The oldest ruins at this castle overlooking Georgia's Terek River Valley date back to the 10th century.

An atmospheric, medieval-themed book store hides in a 13th-century underground space.

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

A 1,500-year-old ghost settlement is slowly fading away.

This antique shop offers affordable 15th-century Vietnamese ceramics salvaged from a local shipwreck.

A unique art center and shop just below a United Nations Checkpoint in central Nicosia.

An island graveyard with spectacular views of the Caribbean.

The development of this cliffside waterpark is representative of Mexico's history of co-op tourism developments.

This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

These ruins once flourished as the capital of the Lydian kingdom, often credited with the invention of metal coinage.

Have tea in a cemetery with a dazzling view of Istanbul.

This mysterious cliffside carving of an ancient Hittite deity has baffled scholars for centuries.

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

Seven early Christians were sealed into a cave where legend has it they slept unharmed for centuries.

At this ancient settlement at the foot of Mount Babadağ, honeycomb tombs are carved into a round cliff.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

A mysterious ancient cemetery with Roman sarcophagi and Lycian inscriptions.