Places Rescaper Wants to Go

Stone pillars and a petrified wedding party in the hills of North Macedonia.

This 3,800-year-old site contains markers used to study the movement of the sun and moon and create a lunar calendar.

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

This architecturally eclectic early-20th century mosque was built as a place of worship for the Islamic followers of a Jewish messiah.

More than 10,000 small mirrors cover the curved surface of the world's second-largest solar oven, located in a remote village in Uzbekistan.

This unique wooden mosque resembling a Chinese pagoda was said to be built without the use of nails.

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.

Learn about the sweet, storied legacy of beekeeping in ancient Greece.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

This Michelin-starred restaurant sheds light on a rare period of cultural and culinary tolerance in Cordoba’s past.

A hidden stream deep in the mountains creates one of the largest tufa waterfalls in Serbia.

This spaceship-like Serbian monument reaches for the stars in celebration of the fallen fighters of fascism.

Legends of treasure and spirits flow from this this fairy tale-like oasis.

A nearly abandoned Jewish settlement perched atop a hill in the heart of Yemen.

A city built from mud and known as the "Manhattan of the desert."

One of the most remote and isolated villages on the Arabian Peninsula.

One of Yemen’s oldest and most beautiful mosques was named for the incredible, historical queen buried inside it.

Yemen's "Stone Palace" looks like it was carved right out of the tall stone column on which it is built.

Elaborate patterns adorn the city's disappearing traditional architecture.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

This eatery re-creates dishes from the Ottoman Empire so you can dine like a sultan.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.