Places awesome Wants to Go

An enormous Soviet aircraft, the only one of its kind, stands at the deserted shore of the Caspian Sea.

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.

The coldest city in the world.

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.

The world's second-largest excavated hole.

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

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

Former island in the Aral Sea used to be a top-secret Russian bio-weapons facility.

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

Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

Complete town of 5,000 living out at sea on the world's first offshore oil platform.

Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan is home to a messy, bubbling, and sometimes explosive landscape.

Swirling layers of white and red rock earned these mountains their festive nickname.

This striking icon of the disputed Republic of Artsakh caused a stir at a Eurovision Song Contest.

The only residents of this abandoned housing development full of identical castles are stray cats and dogs.

Mausoleum and Holy Seat of Antiochus I of Commagene.

A Turkish monastery tucked into a cliff wall.

An ancient church on a tiny island covered in stone bible stories has controversially been turned into a museum.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.