Places Crawdie Wants to Go

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.

Submerged ruins of a Neolithic coastal settlement, where houses, wells, graves and skeletons have been unearthed.

A private collection of over 30,000 ancient and modern items showcasing the beauty of Islamic calligraphy.

This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.

Tens of thousands of rocks make up what is thought to be a giant star calendar.

Named for the biblical warrior, the largest castle in Israel actually dates to the Middle Ages.

These 4,000-year-old tombs form a surreal landscape.

Is this amazing tableau depicting Gilgamesh and Enki 4,000 years old?

This archaeological site boasts temple ruins that date back 5,000 years to the Dilmun culture, and may have been described in the tale of Gilgamesh's search for immortality.

Ancient Phoenician and Roman tombs carved into the rock overlook the Moroccan coastline.

A caravanserai turned into a museum showcasing the mastery of local carpenters.

This cave located in the badlands of Somaliland contains some of the oldest cave art in Africa.

Dakar is home to one of the oldest African art institutions in West Africa.

The former home of Dutch anthropologist Bert Flint now houses a collection of Berber art and artifacts.

Crumbling necropolis set high above Fez.

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.

The oldest monument in Marrakesh and the city's only surviving example of Almoravid architecture.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

Five ancient libraries, little changed for centuries, preserve a medieval archive of Quranic lore and civic documents

These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.

The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.