Places jimmyjazz Wants to Go

A mud brick kasbah with a history of lavishness and traitorship.

An abandoned horror film set sits eerily along a highway through Hollywood's "door to the desert."

A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families

Exploring the wilder, more passionate sibling of Erg Chebbi feels like discovering a secret sun-kissed planet from another galaxy.

The crumbling remains of a 19th-century textile factory.

In a sleepy village in Oxfordshire, the visionary English writer's gravesite attracts a yearly pilgrimage.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

A medieval Italian village is fighting depopulation with this vibrant annual street art festival.

This medieval settlement was abandoned after a series of landslides. What remained was largely destroyed during a mock battle for a WWII film reel.

The hermit's humble home is hidden near the forested peak of Monte Marrone.

An underground city of salt.

A remote and picturesque volcano nestled inside another volcano.

During World War II, a number of important sculptures and paintings were moved to this castle for safekeeping.

A blend of nature and art awaits visitors to this park.

Contains some of the world's more disturbing wax anatomical models.

Unbeknownst to many, this fountain was erected as a tomb and still holds the remains of a Frenchman.

This spa in Hanoi is staffed exclusively by the visually impaired.

Perhaps the only one of its kind, the nearly-forgotten site once held mortal (and rigged) gladiatorial games between tigers and imperial war elephants.

Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

A memorial to the monk who set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam.

Located off a bustling strip, a silent teahouse employs workers with hearing- or speech-related disabilities.

This network of tunnels housed an entire village for years, and even had a hall for screening movies.