Places grantavery Wants to Go

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

The largest Buddhist city in Europe is a haven for chess fanatics.

A magnificent, Disneyesque chateau built for 150 lucky kindergarteners.

A former military outpost of Ivan the Terrible, the 16th-century church contains some of the rarest examples of Eastern Orthodox mural paintings.

An art museum inside an active factory.

Russia's giant concrete QWERTY keyboard is likely the largest in the world.

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

The Nazis lost more men trying to take this Russian-held Stalingrad apartment block than they did when taking Paris.

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

Gigantic natural towers in a Russian plateau.

A city block packed with whimsical sculptures that seem to be plucked from a tiled fantasy world.

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.

A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.

The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.