Places slecnave Wants to Go

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

Stelae-eyed stones greet visitors to a corner of Kirov Park.

This was once the largest city in Kazakhstan, and a major stop on the Silk Road.

A Stalinist prison camp for the wives and children of men accused of betraying the Soviet state is now a memorial museum.

This Soviet-era athletic and recreation facility is the highest ice skating rink in the world.

A collection of Lenin busts and other Soviet Era statues sit idly behind the Semipalatinsk Hotel.

A modern tower, symbolizing the legend of a golden egg on top of the tree of life.

An entertainment center in a huge transparent tent.

The remains of a monument in the remote Kazakhstani desert dedicated to the only men to die in outer space, the crew of the Soyuz 11 rocket.

Mysterious spherical rocks in the semi-desert of western Kazakhstan.

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

The lovely lake that was naturally dammed, then naturally destroyed, then unnaturally saved.

A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.

Iconic pyramid from famed British architect Norman Foster designed to represent all of the world's religious faiths.

An abandoned Soviet-era mining town in the mountains of South Kazakhstan.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era “champions.”

This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.