Places ThrillSeeker Wants to Go

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

Blending modern art with Baroque architecture, this wondrous mosaic grotto serves as the late artist's final creation.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

An eccentric home in Sicily turns heads on a regular basis.

A museum celebrating the mineral used to make ornate, carved tobacco pipes.

This giant work of Cappadocian pottery includes a memorial for the artisan who created it.

This Ottoman bridge is a rare covered bridge with shops, and considers itself the only bazaar bridge in the world.

Feast on the freshest of fish by the Bosphorus.

Byzantine emperors ruled, lived, and died in this 13th-century palace-turned-museum.

Wash down heaping platters of meze with raki at one of the city's best taverns.

This airport also offers travelers the chance to view thousands of years of Turkish history.

Come for the whole sides of slow-roasted lamb, stay for the regional Kurdish specialties.

A beautiful 19th-century Armenian mansion is preserved above an unassuming cafe.

It's believed that this small church was connected to the Hagia Sophia via a secret tunnel.

This ancient city—home to nine civilizations—is soon to be buried under 200 feet of water.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

This historic hotel preserves many treasures from its heyday hosting passengers on the Orient Express.

At this ancient settlement at the foot of Mount Babadağ, honeycomb tombs are carved into a round cliff.

Quite possibly the oldest love poem known to humankind.