Places ulitsky Wants to Go

Beneath an ancient wishing tree lies an underground chapel with 12th-century frescoes and catacombs dedicated to a lady saint.

A subterranean necropolis blending Egyptian, Hellenic, and Roman traditions and art styles.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.

A 15th-century Corsican chapel that possesses a rare Catholic monument: a "Scala Santa," or "Holy Stairs."

A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.

The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.

An ingenious solution to a tricky engineering problem, this spiraling bridge takes drivers for a dizzying spin.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

A lavish 16th-century mansion filled with spectacular staircases, fantastic frescoes, and gorgeous gardens.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

One of the world's oldest olive trees, thought to be over 2,000 years old.

This magnificent tree towering over the Atlantic rainforest is one of the oldest and largest in Brazil.

Local lore says this 700-year-old tree has sacred and medicinal properties.

The trunk of this 700-year-old tree measures more than 60 feet around, making it the oldest and largest baobab in Sri Lanka.