Places xxrye Wants to Go

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Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.

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

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

One of the world’s best microminiaturist, Nicolaï Siadristy displays his lifetime of tiny creations in this museum.

Started nearly 100 years ago, this science experiment just keeps on going, ever so slowly.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

An ancient Ethiopian cave church is endangered by the simple building of a road.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

French commune at the heart of conspiracies.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.