Places stalebred Wants to Go

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Ottoman-era houses lovingly preserved.

Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.

Mausoleum and Holy Seat of Antiochus I of Commagene.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.