Places marinburic Wants to Go

On a river island north of Bangkok, a small bar helped lead a home-brewing rebellion.

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

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

A precariously perched golden rock defies gravity and brings pilgrims from across Myanmar.

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

This heart-shaped island looks substantially less lovely after a recent bulldozing project.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

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

This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.

A study of Fascist era Art Deco design in Italy.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

Gorgeous views of Italian mountains and valleys form the backdrop of this unique open-air theater.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

This constantly evolving art space saved an Italian town from its own crippling reputation.

Built on a medieval synagogue, this church has a burial crypt, tunnel system, and Jewish ritual bath hiding deep underneath.