Places escapementality Wants to Go

Island, once a pirate hideout, now home to an abandoned resort.

Two thousand feline artifacts fill Malaysia's "Cat City."

These jagged limestone blades cut out through the canopy of the jungles of Borneo.

One of the largest caverns in the world has a maw large enough to stack cathedrals in.

All that is left of an Armenian community that thrived in Dhaka 200 years ago.

Hidden under the thick tropical vegetation of a cemetery is the tomb of Columbo Sahib.

The fight to make Bengali an official language started in this stunning university hall.

Ancient and modern architecture are joined in Louis Kahn's monument to democracy.

The untimely death of a dignitary's daughter led to this fort being abandoned before it was ever finished.

A tiny mosque decorated with mosaics using an early form of recycling.

This colorful palace is an oasis of calm amid the hustle and bustle of the Buriganga riverfront.

Bright Indonesian villages painted in a rainbow of competing color schemes.

This giant Christ statue was a failed attempt by Indonesia to dissuade East Timor from demanding independence.

A tiny park in the middle of some big power politics.

It's believed that this small church was connected to the Hagia Sophia via a secret tunnel.

Come for the whole sides of slow-roasted lamb, stay for the regional Kurdish specialties.

This family-owned canteen has been selling goat milk ice cream since 1933.

Eat your way through history.

This shuttered power plant is now Turkey's first industrial archaeology museum.

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

One of the largest wooden constructions in Europe was meant to be a casino, but soon became an orphanage.

Quite possibly the oldest love poem known to humankind.

Large miniature theme park with 100-plus models.

This museum was invented in a novel before being made real by the author.