Places bluestorm1738 Wants to Go

A labyrinthine museum chronicling the history of African culture in Brazil.

The eccentric home of Estevão Silva da Conceição, known as the "Brazilian Gaudí."

This giant mural of Santa Muerte in downtown São Paulo reminds passersby of their own mortality.

A huge boat-shaped hotel with a blood red pool and other oddities.

One of São Paulo's tight urban intersections has become a haven for graffiti artists ever since a single Batman started the trend.

The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.

A 19th-century fortress and collection of artifacts offer a tour of Saudi history.

An annual two-week festival near the city of Riyadh when Saudis let their hair down.

This seemingly random 30-foot statue of an oryx in Qatar's capital was a mascot for the 2006 Asian Games.

This mix of Islamic art, vintage vehicles, weaponry, architecture, and history is an ode to eclecticism. 

This unique museum doesn't shy away from highlighting Qatar's role in the history of slavery.

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

The only Chinese temple in Mumbai.

In Mumbai, a bright blue synagogue is the largest one for the Baghdadi Jewish community in Asia.

Tucked in Mumbai’s wealthiest neighborhood is one of the city’s oldest and most sacred sites: a temple complex believed to house the waters of the Ganges.

Nineteen ancient rock-cut Buddhist caves can be found on the outskirts of Mumbai.

World's most expensive home.

A 66-million-year-old rock formation stands tall over Mumbai, offering stellar city views.

A Zoroastrian funerary tower where excarnation rituals are carried out is threatened by the area's dwindling vulture population.

Delhi's oldest Christian cemetery is also said to be one of the most haunted in the region.

Made by a man on a worldwide sanitation crusade.

Time has stopped at the house where Gandhi died.

A former Roman town that was once the home of Scipio Africanus.

Suffocating dogs was a common spectacle in the fumes of this noxious cave.