Places jamesandtracyc Wants to Go

Yemen's "Stone Palace" looks like it was carved right out of the tall stone column on which it is built.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

Also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, this is one of the world's largest and oldest mosques.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

This former Cyprus flight hub is now a crumbling, abandoned ghost complex.

A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.