Places riche103 Wants to Go

Legend has it a commoner volunteered to be buried alive in the foundation so that the great fortress could be built.

This magical and eccentric stepwell is a hidden treasure within the ancient fort city of Mandu.

Designed to serve primarily the Maharaja, this is an interesting variation on the traditional stepped well.

The mysterious empty cupola behind the monumental arch points to an ancient prophecy of Delhi.

Delhi's only female ruler is buried in this neglected, forgotten tomb.

The legendary fortress of a female Kurdish warrior leader.

Nestled among the artifacts of the National Crafts Museum, this hidden gem offers hard-to-find regional foods from all over India.

The ruins of a medieval citadel believed to be haunted by a ministry of wish-granting djinns.

A tiny museum dedicated to the world’s tallest true giant sits on an island he never set foot on.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

Inside a Scottish castle hangs the tattered remains of a flag with murky origins and supposed magic powers.

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

One of the camera company's former manufacturing buildings is now a museum dedicated to its history.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

This lovely public park has an intriguing past and unique wooden bridges made of concrete.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Collected from all around Seoul, thousands of secondhand books create this photogenic tunnel.

The largest cluster of the Joseon dynasty’s royal tombs, home to the burial sites of 17 kings and queens.

Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.