Places scheung Wants to Go

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

The middle finger of modernity.

Residential building on the Regents Canal is a breeding ground for creativity and innovation.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

This sculpture, residing in a quiet corner of a London park, honors the victims of 9/11.

The history of this famed tree ranges from an 18th-century highway robber, to the Scout Association.

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

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

A building-sized painting of the renowned 19th-century American abolitionist.

The Jelgava Palace holds one of the few burial places of governor’s dynasties that is open to the public.

A museum entirely dedicated to Bergamo’s tradition of puppetry.

This 20-foot mountain is made up of some 15,000 mannequins—if you visit, you can even take a piece home with you.

Europe's only Temple of Mithras located in a natural cave.

Rusted structures stand like ghosts of Cyprus' 6,000-year-old copper industry.

The eccentric midcentury home of a suspected mafia gun-runner.

A unique art center and shop just below a United Nations Checkpoint in central Nicosia.

The ruins of a fairytale castle with a tumultuous history stand high atop the mountains.

A crumbling ghost town with prime views of the dam that doomed it.

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.

Ancient stone dildos and other odd pieces of medical history are displayed at this quirky Cyprus gem.

A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.

The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.