Places Sputnicktatorship Wants to Go

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

Certain traditions prevail on the least-visited island of the Aran Islands.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest.

Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.

The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

This otherworldly palace-mausoleum complex is the stuff eternal dreams are made of.

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.

A mecca for India's Jains.

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

Many cities have held the title, but Brazil snatched the crown from Chile in 2011.

An Amazonian hotel is the ultimate treehouse and provides stilt based accommodation.

Brasilia's oldest newsstand is sheltered by a wish-granting tunnel-tree.

This public elevator links the lower city to the upper city of Salvador.

This somber statue remembers the enslaved women who were forced to nurse their owners' babies.

This mesmerizing statue of a child wrestling an anteater symbolizes the native culture and biodiversity of São Paulo.