Places Sputnicktatorship Wants to Go

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

The surviving pieces of an ancient aqueduct that may have fed into the lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

This beautiful arched gate is all that remains of the fortress the ancient mountaintop town of Amadiya once was.

9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

This Tibetan monastery has survived multiple attacks and is also a sky burial site.

This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.

Legend says this cave housed a 16th-century cannibal and his family of 48.

A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.

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

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A small mountain at the crossroads of Turkey, Iraq, and Syria that some believe was the landing point of Noah's Ark.

Natural rock formation, or biblical artifact that saved Earth's wildlife two by two?

This shuttered power plant is now Turkey's first industrial archaeology museum.

Mediterranean castle on a tiny Turkish island.

Large miniature theme park with 100-plus models.