Places Edited by Olga Lisina

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.