Places conordgallagher Wants to Go

Tibetan-influenced mountain fortress in Northern Pakistan.

Just in case you need some cold cash at the top of the world.

The Great Wall of Sindh, Pakistan's mighty fort.

One of the last surviving ancient Buddhist sites in the region, it escaped the brunt of several Hun invasions thanks to its remote location.

A tower built by an emperor for an antelope.

A mere stone's throw from Islamabad exists a spectacular display of three millennia of humanity's progress.

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

Massive fortress bastions in the desert of Cholistan.

Lunar landscape, a mud volcano and bizarre rock formations.

A 17th-century mosque that was used for war more than worship.

A place as enchanting as the journey to reach it is harrowing.

Known as the most dangerous bridge in the world, the Hussaini Hanging Bridge is only one of many precarious rope bridges in Northern Pakistan.

This grand Pakistani mausoleum can only be accessed via an almost 1,000 foot long alleyway.

These stairs were built to accommodate royals mounted on elephants.

One of the largest necropolises in the world is home to a stunning array of historic Middle Eastern tombs.

The world's second largest salt mine, said to have been discovered by Alexander the Great's horse.

Reputedly haunted sandstone necropolis with exquisite stone carvings.

This lost city belongs to one of the earliest civilizations in the world.

This dazzlingly turquoise mountain lake was created in the wake of a natural disaster.

A strip of neutral ground where the people of Tajikistan and Afghanistan come together to trade.

The last operating synagogue in Afghanistan is run by Zablon Simintov, the last remaining Jew in Afghanistan.

The West's first incursion into the Afghan world lies buried beneath a military base.

The abandoned palace stands as a wounded but proud beacon of Afghan hope.

200-foot-high minaret and only remnant of Afghanistan's lost city of the Turquoise Mountain.