Places Edited by Alex Timian

An ocean in the making, in the Ethiopian desert.

The place that allegedly inspired James Hilton's depiction of Shangri-La.

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.

Lived-in building, bedecked with an astonishing array of mirror mosaics.

Museum dedicated to the struggles of the disabled.

Lonely minaret stump of a destroyed city.

Modern museum, designed for Jihadi tourists.

This harsh mountain path was built as a strange attempt to improve the health of Turkmen citizens.

An Indonesian mosque styled after St. Basil's Cathedral.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

The sanctuary holds what was once believed to be the saint's incorruptible tongue.

An intimate look into the apartments of Jounieh via cable car.

More than 100 monumental tombs carved into rock are preserved at this ancient Nabataean site in the Arabian Desert.

Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

1,300 chamber pots and their eccentric collector.

Bizarre Hindu and Buddhist sculpture park.

Haunted tuberculosis hospital built by the patients.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

A French museum of wrought iron.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

Naturally formed rock city in Poland.