Places dbjorgen Wants to Go

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

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

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

An ancient tunnel in Jerusalem built to redirect water in the event of a siege is one of history’s great architectural innovations.

The tallest waterfall in the Judean Desert is named for its connection to a biblical figure.

Squeezing inside this deep, narrow canyon reveals a festival of desert colors.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

These numerous Israeli caves were dug out over hundreds years for reasons ranging from hideouts to burial sites.

One man's labor of love, Amman's oldest home has become a time capsule with its doors permanently open to artists and guests.

A refurbished locomotive from a bygone era in the middle of the Jordanian desert.

A gorgeous stone viaduct crosses over a bucolic valley.