Places StepYoshi Wants to Go

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

Step back in time and witness the fall of Constantinople.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

Mediterranean castle on a tiny Turkish island.

The largest Neolithic ruins in the world hide a notably clean prehistoric metropolis.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

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

Ruins of the Crusaders' headquarters.

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.

A more chill but no less fascinating version of the famous ancient archeological site.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

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

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

The youngest volcano in Central America.

Remote Honduran Islands with a colorful history.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.