Places IrajV Wants to Go

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

Hidden behind mountains in Morocco, a remote town hides a thriving surfing community.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

One of England's oldest stone churches and the birthplace of the "father of English history."

In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.

A curious memento mori hangs in the magnificent Cathedral of Segovia.

Modern megaliths form this work of cosmic, Celtic landscape art.

The only surviving piece of Copenhagen's 16th-century defensive wall.

A beloved tribute to the Fab Four and the freedoms they inspired.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

These enigmatic columns tower over the ruins of an ancient Toltec city.

These excavated burials from the Tarim Basin are wrapped in mystery.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

This Neapolitan exhibition hall grants weird and wonderful insight into the intricacies of human biology.

Poet William Blake penned some of his most famous work during his brief stay at this beloved country cottage.

This old Victorian bathhouse is fed by an ancient spring.

A fascinating assortment of cave dwellings, medieval ruins, and sarcophagi are being devoured by the forest.

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

The oldest surviving glass furnace cone in Western Europe.

This collection of 80 polarizing foods aims to challenge your subjective notions of repulsion.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.