Places flblom Wants to Go

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

The mysterious empty cupola behind the monumental arch points to an ancient prophecy of Delhi.

A historic cemetery doubles as a museum containing hundreds of unique tombs sculpted by a single artist.

This hidden Sufi cemetery is a spiritual monument for India's third gender community.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

The ancient abodes are a testament to human ingenuity amid harsh climates.

This 1920s masterpiece of French Quarter architecture hides a secret tunnel used by Albert Einstein.

The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.

Long before air conditioning, Persian architects found an ingenious way to cool off.

A small town in Rajasthan has been dubbed the "City of Stepwells," and Raniji ki Baori is the queen.

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

The ancient water tanks remain some of the ruined city’s most beautiful architecture.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A deeply beautiful 15th-century stepwell with a tragic story.

This abandoned stepwell is one of the largest, deepest, and certainly one of the creepiest in India.

Hidden in the shadow of a rocky fortress is one concubine’s long-forgotten legacy.

A startling, centuries-old subterranean marvel hides in plain sight.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.