Places Rescaper Wants to Go

Beijing's expansive subterranean hiding spot now crumbles away as a tourist destination.

A progressive LGBTQ hub offers dancing, HIV testing, art, and more.

North Korea's massive art and propaganda factory now has an official gallery space in Beijing.

Natives of this mud-brick desert village use an ancient irrigation system to grow sweet, seedless grapes.

The oldest still-inhabited hill fort in India looks like a magnificent golden sandcastle.

A centuries-old fortress city lies in ruin.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

This harsh mountain path was built as a strange attempt to improve the health of Turkmen citizens.

Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.

A labyrinthine museum chronicling the history of African culture in Brazil.

The massive gardens and office of a Brazilian sculptor.

A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.

Solitary monument dedicated to the beauty of nature.

These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

The observation point offers spectacular views of the ruins of an ancient Armenian capital.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

Villas that once served as playgrounds for the rich now fall away in decay.

Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.

Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.