Places felgueirosa Wants to Go

Centuries before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar.

Abandoned tunnels dug for the once-thriving sea salt industry on the coast of southern Spain.

One of the last surviving ancient Buddhist sites in the region, it escaped the brunt of several Hun invasions thanks to its remote location.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

Spanning over 10,000 square miles, this ancient salt pan is one of the largest on the planet.

These naturally occurring but rare geological formations are each about the size of a small house.

A historic recreation of the golden age of the Erie Canal, abandoned for some time, slowly being restored.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

An isolated 17th-century chapel on a remarkable site once dedicated to Celtic sun worship.

This greenhouse was once a hockey arena.

Acres of salt crystal pyramids dry in the sun along Thailand's "salt road."

The "Jade Museum" is full of thousands of intricately carved works of art made from various precious stones.

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

The ruins of an ancient stadium that hosted gripping chariot and horse races.

A symbol for the opposition to nuclear power around the world.

Beautiful tiles decorate many of the town's surfaces and stand testimony to its glorious artistic history.