Places nntt Wants to Go

Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

Once a palace for the Archbishop of York, these 15th-century ruins now serve as a haunt for history buffs.

An eclectic collection of thousands of items owned by the sculptor Frederic Marès.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

The marshy karst plain has reclaimed this beautiful 17th-century church.

These enigmatic columns tower over the ruins of an ancient Toltec city.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

The final resting place of hundreds of Polish airmen who died fighting the Nazis in Britain.

Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.

Rich with fauna and flora, nature-lovers can walk across the sea at this UNESCO World Heritage spot.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

A student driver's nightmare.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

A unique museum tells the story of the day-to-day life of World War I soldiers.

The 16th-century church was kept in its ruined state as a reminder of the casualties of World War I.

These ruins reveal the remarkably intact layout of a Roman marketplace.