Places pleiades Wants to Go

The oldest arboretum on the Dalmatian coast doubles as the gardens of Kings Landing in "Game of Thrones."

This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.

When Croatia became independent of Yugoslavia, the splintering governments left behind these concrete tunnels.

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

Trees emerge from the surface of this small man-made reservoir.

To enter the lower hall of this temple, you must first walk through a dragon.

One man and his wife have turned a barren Korean island into a fantastical botanical wonderland.

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.

A cableway for car transport.

Admire dozens of life-size animals made from old scrap metal, nuts, screws, and valves.

A once-fairy tale mansion now stands in a state of disrepair.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

An ancient jungle temple carved into a rocky overhang of the Dane Soung Plateau.

Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

Parts of this sprawling temple complex are deteriorating, but its founder’s body remains intact.

Limestone outcrop decorated with a large laser engraving of the Buddha.

This Khmer-era temple includes a lintel that was stolen and displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago for years before returning to Thailand.