Places wheninroam Wants to Go

A solar-powered primary school inspires hope and experimentation in a country ripe for energy innovation.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

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

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

On top of a resort town as old as the Bronze Age sits an incredible war memorial statue overlooking the beaches below.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.

Gigantic water vessel, permanently grounded in Southern Albania.

The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

This ancient tomb in the West Bank is a holy site for Jews, Muslims, and Christians alike.

This "Jewish Sistine Chapel" was designed to reinvigorate Judaism's artistic legacy but was almost lost to misguided restoration.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

A massive, heart-shaped, wind-carved crater in the middle of the Israeli desert.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.