Places Erin Wants to Go

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

The little church's beautifully frescoed ceiling has earned it the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of Madrid.”

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

Former estate of Lenin, now home to his death mask.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

Specimens collected by the author of "Lolita" and self-taught lepidopterist are exhibited in his childhood home.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

A mere stone's throw from Islamabad exists a spectacular display of three millennia of humanity's progress.

This grand Pakistani mausoleum can only be accessed via an almost 1,000 foot long alleyway.

The third largest ship breaking yard in the world has created an eerie shipping graveyard in southern Pakistan.

Reputedly haunted sandstone necropolis with exquisite stone carvings.