Places lilbird Wants to Go

This famed Silk Road oasis was one of the largest cities in the world before it was destroyed by a Mongol horde.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.

This enchanting natural park is a magical example of a temperate rainforest in Europe.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

The studio of Catalonia's most famous theatrical designer remains exactly as he left it.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

Religious perseverance and cultural coexistence manifest in an architectural gem that multiple wars couldn't topple.

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.

This mesmerizing medieval monastery-cave complex sits thousands of feet above ground overlooking a valley.