Places remcrae Wants to Go

A unique piece by one of the most famous sculptors of the 20th century is rotting away in a small Ontario town.

Within the church are the relics of the martyrs St. Jean de Brébeuf, St. Gabriel Lalemant, and St. Charles Garnier.

This small archipelago in northern Lake Superior was formed by a massive meteorite impact 450 million years ago.

Accessible only by train, the beauty of Agawa Canyon Wilderness Park is worth the journey.

Lake within a lake.

This mill on Lake Erie appears to shrink as a viewer approaches thanks to an optical illusion.

A sacred Ojibwe site covered in pictographs next to Lake Superior.

Thanks to its curved shape, this incredibly durable dam "whispers" to visitors.

A school teacher's massive and terrifying self-built castle.

A scenic UNESCO site that doubles as a habitat for various forms of wildlife.

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.

The remains of a medieval city loom in one of the most isolated desert regions of Turkmenistan.

A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.

This remote mountain shrine is one of the most sacred Zoroastrian temples remaining in the world.

This mosque turned crypt is an amazing display of Persian-Islamic architecture.

The most sacred Jewish shrine in Iran and a fine example of restoration works gone wrong.

The largest covered bazaar in the world.

One of the holiest Shi'i shrines in Iran honors the life and death of a learned noblewoman who became a saint.

This steamship has been beautifully rusting off the coast of an Iranian island since the 1960s.

The cathedral stands in New Jufa, Isfahan's Armenian quarter that was established in 1606.

Leaking natural gas never stops burning on this hill, making it an infinite inferno.

This 17th-century structure is a beautiful testimony to traditional Persian architecture

Colorful mineral deposits turn these mountains into an Impressionist fantasy.

Two Chinese dragons guard the caves of this medieval temple in Iran.