Places petralewis Wants to Go

A recently-abandoned international exhibition center.

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

This church houses the tomb—but not the remains—of St. Nicholas, the likely progenitor to Santa Claus.

This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.

Isaac Newton's former home, where the famous apple tree still stands.

This beautiful train graveyard is one of the largest collections of steam locomotives in the Mediterranean and Europe.

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

Standing proud atop a Turkish bluff, this Ottoman palace has retained its grandeur despite being abandoned for centuries.

Live a night as a Byzantine King, with a minibar and private jacuzzi.

The crumbling remains of a once-grand building.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

Tucked away on a hilltop in the backwoods of Mississippi lies the remains of a blues legend.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

Barcelona's only remaining tram system takes riders to the Tibidabo funicular.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

Occupied for six centuries by Franciscan Order nuns, this monastery is an amazing ode to Catalán Gothic architecture.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.