Places derker Wants to Go

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

A Viking-themed bar in a canal town for those retreating from the hustle and bustle of Shanghai.

This former textile district now is now a thriving center for contemporary Chinese art.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

Lifelike statue of the Chinese philosopher in the bathtub.

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

In its continuing quest to recreate famous parts of the world in miniature, China now has its own ghost Paris.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

A scenic canyon with thick forests and historic ruins.

Though technically an illegal structure, this eclectic DIY apartment complex is beloved by its residents.

Despite being tiny and rural this Georgian airport looks like a sci-fi boondoggle.

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

The Nazis lost more men trying to take this Russian-held Stalingrad apartment block than they did when taking Paris.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

Germany's last remaining Lenin statue has become a lightning rod of debate about the country's divided past.

A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.

This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.

A breathtaking canyon offers stunning views and frightful pathways through an ecological paradise.

A Spanish town built into the cliffs.

This abandoned, turn-of-the-century astronomy hub is now the subject of more photographs than it ever took.

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

The only way to visit this old resort hotel is with scuba gear.