Places jordank Wants to Go

These little castles each held thousands of pigeons.

This ancient burial site is believed to be one of the first earthquake-protected structures in the world.

A sophisticated astronomical tower built by one of the greatest Persian scholars of the Islamic Golden Age.

The vertical-axis windmills of ancient Persia have been grinding flour for 1,000 years and counting.

This vast, water-filled underground labyrinth can only be toured by boat.

The ancient necropolis houses the immense rock-cut tombs of four Persian kings.

Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.

Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.

This ruined fortress was the stronghold for a persecuted medieval leader and his infamous Assassins.

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

A sprawling ancient Jewish cemetery with over 30 rock-hewn burial caves.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

This striking fort on the Maginot Line looks just as it did after being destroyed in the Fall of France.

This 1,400-year-old abbey was once a powerhouse for music and intellectualism known across Normandy.

A unique museum tells the story of the day-to-day life of World War I soldiers.

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.

Trek up this glacier before it disappears.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.

This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.