Places tstriegel Wants to Go

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.

Local lore says two enemy dragons live within these breathtaking mountain lakes.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

This "volcanic all-day restaurant" is right on the beach.

Learn about the sweet, storied legacy of beekeeping in ancient Greece.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

This remarkably well-preserved mosque stands amid an 11th-century caravansary.

The beehive-like buildings of this abandoned resort reside near the border of Mauritania and Senegal.

Rolling sand dunes of the Sahara... in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

Once a bustling fishing village and trading post, today these Cape Verde ruins provide a home only for seabirds and turtles.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

An abandoned guano-mining city in the South Pacific.

A brick arch is all that remains of this Dutch fort, once a focal point for colonial power struggles in Guyana.

The remains of the last Gonzaga villa, a luxurious palace built in spite of an economic crisis.

The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.

Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.