Places ouroborosasunder Wants to Go

John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.

At first glance, little checkered structures on the hillside look like they house the living, not the dead.

This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.

An oddity shop inspired by the history of the circus.

This post-war motel embodies a little-known, Miami-born architectural style.

Experiencing Guatemala's sensory-exploding church is a blunt reminder of European influence.

A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.

A limestone grotto where daylight filters in from below and turns the water a beautiful turquoise. Also home to a small underwater nativity scene.

A medieval house with mysterious alchemical inscriptions on its facade

The “Sistine Chapel” of the Middle Ages merges 11th-century science and religion in wondrous hues.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

A pentagram-covered shrine dedicated to a famed court astrologer known in the west as the Merlin of Japan.

Picture yourself in history with this working collection of vintage photobooths.

The legendary wooden horse that stands in modern Troy is a prop from the 2004 Wolfgang Petersen film.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

Ottoman-era houses lovingly preserved.

Step back in time and witness the fall of Constantinople.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

Built in the early 70s, the ruins of dinosaurs are all that remains of a man’s dream to build a free dinosaur themed mini golf course