Places bluestorm1738 Wants to Go

The opulent car collection of an eccentric Sheikh housed in his own private pyramid.

One of the largest sand dunes in the world is nicknamed the "Scary Mountain" due to its steep slope and sharp incline.

The world’s largest LED display, built over an F1 race circuit.

The world's largest frame offers spectacular views of the city's past and present.

The oldest surviving mosque in the UAE has mysterious origins and unusual architecture.

Over the dunes of the Empty Quarter, the mysterious music of the desert.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

Planned as the world’s first zero-carbon city, it had lofty ideals—but is only 5 percent completed and aiming for 50 percent carbon-neutral.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

A faithful reproduction of Al-Jazari's enormous water clock.

Billed as the "largest natural flower garden in the world" this Middle Eastern show field has little competition at 45 million flowers.

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

Final palace complex of the last of 29 Kokand rulers.

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

This historic spot was where America's involvement in the Vietnam War officially came to an end.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned, mostly destroyed.

Beijing's expansive subterranean hiding spot now crumbles away as a tourist destination.

This volcanic island in the Pacific just keeps growing and growing.

These Japanese ruins have been brought back to life with elaborately recreated buildings.

This temple is steeped in local folklore involving a teakettle and a raccoon dog.

What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.

Turn around and stick your head between your legs for the best view of this tree-covered sandbar.