Places nicolaleigh Wants to Go

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

Known as the "Valley of the Moon," this Jordanian wadi is one of the most amazing desertscapes on Earth.

A refurbished locomotive from a bygone era in the middle of the Jordanian desert.

Concentrated around the Dead Sea, these surprising canyons are filled with coursing water, fish, and even crabs.

This exceptionally well-preserved ancient marvel also houses a small museum dedicated to Jordanian folk tradition.

One man's labor of love, Amman's oldest home has become a time capsule with its doors permanently open to artists and guests.

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.

A more chill but no less fascinating version of the famous ancient archeological site.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

An underwater city for the dead.

You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!

Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."