Places Dean Wiseman Wants to Go

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

The world's only underwater laboratory where "aquanauts" study oceanic life.

After a long career, a disastrous sinking, and a half-successful salvage, this Naval vessel-turned-artificial reef ended up exactly where she was supposed to—with a little help from nature.

Part research station, part time capsule, part aquatic fever dream.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the coral reefs off Key Largo.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

This 470-meter-long dripstone cave was discovered by chance in 2006.

This large Roman bath complex offers a window into ancient life in the arid Central Anatolian steppe.

This 16th-century covered market is still open everyday.

A massive marble pedestal is all that remains of a column that towered over Constantinople for 1300 years.

This Ottoman bridge is a rare covered bridge with shops, and considers itself the only bazaar bridge in the world.

A former salt mine is now a cool picnic spot for families and asthmatics.

Feast on the freshest of fish by the Bosphorus.

This church houses the tomb—but not the remains—of St. Nicholas, the likely progenitor to Santa Claus.

Taking the subway here means doing so over a bridge located in the middle of an estuary.

This airport also offers travelers the chance to view thousands of years of Turkish history.

A beautiful 19th-century Armenian mansion is preserved above an unassuming cafe.

Homesick Syrian refugees head to this restaurant for a taste of Damascus.

An underground network of massive stone arches and their skylit vaults support ruins of portico structures above.

This mysterious cliffside carving of an ancient Hittite deity has baffled scholars for centuries.

One of the newest mosques in a city filled with thousands.

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

Come for the whole sides of slow-roasted lamb, stay for the regional Kurdish specialties.