Places remcrae Wants to Go

Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.

A 1,500-year-old, 3-story subterranean city where ancient Persians took refuge in times of war.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

Overshadowed by other, more famous Maltese catacombs, this ancient burial chamber has one of the best examples of a ritual agape table.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.

Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

The remains of a 1st-century aristocratic Roman town house featuring beautiful well-preserved mosaics.

Fascinating exhibits of prehistoric and ancient artifacts displayed with a uniquely modern touch.

Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.