Places timbuktuk Wants to Go

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

An otherworldly alpine pasture in Slovenia with historical ties to WWII and architecture that recalls Middle Earth.

These biodiverse university gardens form a green oasis amid the urban chaos of Mexico City.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

These enigmatic columns tower over the ruins of an ancient Toltec city.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.

A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.

You can crawl inside this atmospheric 5,000-year-old tomb.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

The largest copper mine in Arizona, this enormous open pit emerges from the hills like an alien landscape.

This ancient structure was built by a mysterious civilization that was largely destroyed by a volcanic eruption.

An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

One of the world's largest pyramids stands within El Mirador, the "lost city of the Maya."

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

A Kyiv-based repository for all manners of discarded curiosities.

This ancient altar emerges from the thick forests to reveal the mysteries of Etruscan sacrificial rituals.

A fascinating assortment of cave dwellings, medieval ruins, and sarcophagi are being devoured by the forest.

Designed to serve primarily the Maharaja, this is an interesting variation on the traditional stepped well.

Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.