Places Loec Wants to Go

Europe's simulation of the Martian surface uses soil from Mount Vesuvius.

Some people believe that this makeshift space monitoring station received transmissions from clandestine cosmonauts.

This Torino museum honors a soldier who kept the city safe using barrels of exploding gunpowder, losing his life in the process.

A landmark in the history of technology and computing is hidden in a tiny Baroque chapel.

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

The only Malaysian food truck in Italy slings tangy chicken satay that even Italians love.

The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."

Just outside of Jordan's capital lies an ancient castle and intriguing caves dating back to the Copper Age.

A bathhouse from the second Islamic Caliphate decorated with frescoes of constellations, pleasure gardens, and naked ladies.

This cascade of mineral-rich hot springs and waterfalls is an oasis in the Jordanian desert.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

Perched above the bustling town of Kerak is a sprawling, ruinous castle that has witnessed nearly a millennia of Levantine history.

These ruins by the Dead Sea is where John the Baptist met his untimely end.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

In Lago Superiore, the largest expanse of lotus flowers outside of Asia is hard to miss.

In this nearly 1,000-year-old monastery, monks painstakingly restore old books.