Places RakelOm Wants to Go

A dreamy mausoleum honors Persia's most famous poet.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

This Javanese-Hindu temple from the 15th century is unmissable for anyone with even a passing interest in erotic art.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

This ancient burial site is believed to be one of the first earthquake-protected structures in the world.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.

A stretch of land where the sour-sweet vegetable is cloaked in darkness and grows so fast you can hear it crack, squeak, and pop.

A breathtaking flower tunnel bursts with beautiful golden blossoms.

A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

An English artist has turned an unassuming ex-council house into a time-lost house of mystery.

This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

This grave resides at the crossroad of three parishes.

The legend says that this English rock formation was once a hunter who was turned to stone by annoyed witches.