Places eliay Wants to Go

The remarkably well-preserved final resting place of a powerful ancient Thracian king.

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

In between two buildings in Ljubljana, medieval tunnel to nowhere.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

When this monument to Slovenia's national poet was erected, it's said to have sparked the ire of nearby church authorities.

Slovenia's first mosque is a striking mix of Islamic and modernist architecture.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

A colorful and enigmatic cemetery in the middle of nowhere.

Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.

This former cathedral is now a bustling library packed with students and pigeons.

One of the best-preserved impact craters on the planet is located in the middle of the Sahara Desert.

A century-old stone hermitage overlooks this remote pass in the Hoggar mountains, surrounded by a landscape of eroded volcanic cores.

Classical ruins that remember ancient Rome's presence in Africa.

The abstract sandstone rock formations at this Algerian national park are rich with prehistoric art.

This dizzying span over the ancient Algerian city was once the highest suspension bridge in the world.

An extraordinary mix of Phoenician, Roman, early Christian, and Byzantine ruins beautifully set overlooking the Mediterranean.

The original resting place of Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony's only daughter.

Some believe this abandoned Brutalist masterpiece inspired George Lucas's Sandcrawler.

This museum in the famously blue neighborhood of Sidi Bou Saïd showcases a traditional Tunisian lifestyle.

The original movie set for the home of 'Star Wars' hero Luke Skywalker.

With over 10,000 lights, this engineering marvel lights up the city after dark.