Places Umudugudu Wants to Go

It's not quite as old as its Roman appearance suggests, but this piece of infrastructure served Guatemala City for centuries.

Guatemalan womanizer, venerated during Holy Week.

A ruined Maya city that suffered a years-long case of mistaken identity.

A stunning basket-shaped oasis supplies water to one of Tunisia's holiest cities.

The ruins of a village destroyed by a 22-day flood.

This 19th-century church was built for Sicilian immigrants, survived World War II, and today stands on a landfill.

A superb Paleo-Christian baptismal pool is preserved among the ruins of ancient Sufetula.

An eerie ship cemetery with gunfire as a soundtrack.

A ghostly mansion in the middle of downtown Tunis.

This gem of Moorish architecture is slowly disintegrating along the coast of this charming town.

An ancient Phoenician citadel once stood at the site where Queen Dido first landed, according to legend.

This museum in the famously blue neighborhood of Sidi Bou Saïd showcases a traditional Tunisian lifestyle.

An ancient burial ground believed to have been used for ritual sacrifice.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

Enter this dragon-shaped temple to see animatronic scenes depicting heaven and hell.

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

The tangled roots of a giant banyan tree have fully reclaimed the ruins of this abandoned warehouse.

Taiwan's first stone fortress is also the best preserved Qing Dynasty-era city on the island.

Visit Taiwan’s badlands, which allows visitors to feel like they’re walking on the moon.

At a museum dedicated to the millenia-old rites and art of Buddhism, the Buddha's reputed tooth is held as an object of worship.

A Japanese-era military tunnel is now a psychedelic art exhibit.

A thriving community of Taiwanese art.

This former military installation was turned into a discipline center by the Taiwanese Navy.