Places pierpucciniman Wants to Go

The ruins of an ancient Zoroastrian Tower of Silence believed to be the earliest example of the traditional funerary practice.

If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.

This famed Silk Road oasis was one of the largest cities in the world before it was destroyed by a Mongol horde.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.

Controversially restored in the 1970s, this giant 15th-century mosque is shrouded in legend.

Prowl through this sprawling bazaar under a massive Soviet-era dome for delicious eats.

An underground world of gorgeous, palatial metro stations designed as a nuclear shelter complex.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

A mecca for India's Jains.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

The late, disgraced President's embalmed remains displayed for all to see… theoretically.

Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.

A gift from the Soviet Union in the 1980s, this is the only statue of the Soviet dictator in Southeast Asia.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

Italian horror legend Dario Argento’s own shop hides a sinister museum-dungeon in the basement.

The place of worship for Zoroastrians, Mumbai's Parsi fire temples use fire and ash for purification.

Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.

The world's largest bust sculpture celebrates the Hindu deity, Shiva.

Siddhartha Gautama sat here and received enlightenment.