Places flblom Wants to Go

Some 20,000 dust-covered unwanted vehicles languish in the desert.

These serpents are considered holy and pampered accordingly.

A grand example of 19th century Burmese teak architecture, and the most significant of Mandalay's historic buildings.

A grand imperial capital left to fall into magnificent ruin.

Gigantic unfinished stupa and the world's 2nd largest bell.

The oldest teak bridge in the world is made from the remains of a royal palace.

The tower claims to be the world's only pagoda made entirely from Myanmar's lucrative gemstone.

This peaceful, round shrine in the middle of the Sri Lankan jungle acts as a beacon of peace.

Luxurious devotion and 500,000 images of Buddha in Myanmar.

Romania's "Red Ravine" is a little-known natural wonder that bears a resemblance to the Grand Canyon.

One of the oldest churches in Romania is believed to have been built on the site of a pagan temple.

The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

This odd museum/art gallery embraces the physiological, zoological, and ethnographic side of sex.

One man and his wife have turned a barren Korean island into a fantastical botanical wonderland.

The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.

A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.

German and American troops joined forces to defend this fortress during the strangest battle of World War II.

Though much of the castle was robbed of its stones, the underlying earthworks are among the best-preserved in England.

The abandoned shell of what would have been the Jordanian royal family's summer palace.