Places mjgass Wants to Go

China's beehive-shaped pyramids house the remains of a lost kingdom.

Monks turned this mountain into a temple by digging grottoes, tunnels, and a huge pagoda-like hall.

Sited in an Inner Mongolian desert are the remnants of an important trade stop along the Silk Road.

Stretching almost 2,000 feet, this painting is one of the longest pieces of Buddhist artwork in the world.

A lush desert oasis in the shape of a narrow crescent.

This antique shop offers affordable 15th-century Vietnamese ceramics salvaged from a local shipwreck.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

Inhospitable caverns just beneath this island paradise offer insights into alien worlds.

Extensive Orthodox icon collection in Andorra.

This tile-work piece featuring a chicken riding in carriage is both a remarkable artistic creation and a social commentary of politics and culture in 17th-century Portugal.

An unassuming music museum recounts the rags to riches story of a dramatic Portuguese genre.

This little-known national museum houses over 40,000 works of art from across the world.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

A mysterious ancient cemetery with Roman sarcophagi and Lycian inscriptions.

The final resting place of one of the brightest physicists of the 20th century.

An inspired museum dedicated to the patron saint of enslaved people, inside the cloisters where he lived and died.

Perched atop the highest hill in Cartagena, this 17th-century convent offers spectacular views of the city.

The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.

Lebanon's highest point offers expansive views, martian terrains, and eerie ski lifts.

Modern museum, designed for Jihadi tourists.