Places Wansmaak Wants to Go

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

This 2,000-year-old Doric bridge is still open to pedestrian traffic to this day.

Since the 1960s, this small village has invited painters to decorate its walls.

A domed disco abandoned since the '70s now attracts artists and explorers under its unique roof.

The only Shinto shrine in Europe that has been officially sanctioned by Japan.

Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.

A collection of old neon signs from all over Poland line a secluded courtyard.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

Brace yourself for the slowest, scariest, most spectacular drive, down the Drakensberg Escarpment.

Local lore says a serpent-like beast lurks in the deep basin below the falls.

A mesmerizing sculpture marks the site where the activist was arrested after evading capture for 17 months.

A brutalist war memorial piercing through the rolling farm landscape.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

This small canyon is home to a treasure trove of geological oddities.

A ghost town on the slopes of a hand-shaped rock is haunted by the story of a 17th-century murder.

Jurassic clays where the dinosaurs once roamed.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

This constantly evolving art space saved an Italian town from its own crippling reputation.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.

Leveled by an earthquake, this Italian village is now preserved as a massive concrete art project.

A Taiwanese garden teems with the retired statues of the island's former dictator.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

Named for the Yoruba word for Lagos, this craft brewery draws on European beer-making and West African palm wine-fermenting techniques.