Places zichk Wants to Go

Built entirely of interlocking pieces, construction of this Chinese Muslim house of worship required zero nails.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

The lavish, well-preserved home of a wealthy Baba Nyonya family is now a cultural museum.

Largest maize maze in the Southern hemisphere built with GPS technology on more than two acres.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

A building facade covered with the statues of 11 giants of Tajik literature.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.

A former bastion of Rajput chivalry, this massive hill fort is the site of legend and tragedy.

Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

An exceptional assortment of fossils recovered from private collections.

Made famous by 'Star Wars,' these troglodyte homes face an uncertain future.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

One of the most iconic neon ads of former East Germany.

A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.