Places sarahltait Wants to Go

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

One of the world's richest men bought this former paper factory and transformed it into a mall.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

A vault of safe-deposit boxes in an old bank has been repurposed as a time capsule of Hispanic culture.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

A medieval stronghold rising over the ruins of ancient Roman villas along Rome's southern coast.

This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

Also known as the Square Colosseum, this building is a prime example of fascist-era rationalist architecture.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

A medieval fountain lined with 99 unique stone faces whose origins and meaning remain unknown.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.