Places marksuz Wants to Go

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.

This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.

A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

These ancient sea caves hold Britain's highest concentration of Pictish rock carvings.

Antiques by the Bay.

A clone of a cloned tree that was so important it allegedly had its own guards.

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

The internet as provided by a James Bond villain.

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.

Prehistoric park filled with the fossils of dozens of extinct species including Australian megafauna.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.