Places dylanmmurphy Wants to Go

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

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.

An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

A spoke-tacular artwork constructed from recycled bicycle rims.

One of the largest cat sanctuaries in North America is considered a "Club Med" for felines.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.

The largest fountain in Bratislava.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

A display of hand-built replicas of the legendary vessels used by Patagonian and Antarctic explorers.

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.

A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.

This ancient monastery complex was transformed from an island to a peninsula when the lake was partially drained.

A memorial to a giant seabird that was hunted to extinction.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

A vintage video game wonderland in downtown Reykjavik.