Places jaimerodriguezsosa Wants to Go

Initially built for a Chinese princess and sultana, this well was used to secretly assassinate some 200 Portuguese colonizers.

The last remnant of Kuala Lumpur’s old prison complex now stands on the edge of a Japanese shopping mall.

Step inside a Nyonya eatery nestled within a historic museum.

An interactive back-alley mural project remembers the golden age of Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown.

Giant relaxing Buddha in Malaysia.

Kuala Lumpur’s historic single-screen cinema, transformed into a labyrinthine bookstore.

On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.

The former site of Fukuoka’s legendary ramen joint works hard to guide customers to the “original” original.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

A tomb in this cemetery holds soil from every country in Latin America.

These ruins by the Dead Sea is where John the Baptist met his untimely end.

These numerous Israeli caves were dug out over hundreds years for reasons ranging from hideouts to burial sites.

Sprawling archeological site of an 8th-century Islamic castle.

The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the ruins of this ancient monastic community.

The remains of this ancient fortress atop a manmade hill look as though they were built into a volcano.

This subterranean chapel is said to be where the Holy Family sought refuge before fleeing to Egypt.

A historic chapel filled with colorful murals and a colorful past.

The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.

An ancient tunnel in Jerusalem built to redirect water in the event of a siege is one of history’s great architectural innovations.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

A serene desert oasis speckled with ancient artifacts.

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