Places Crawdie Wants to Go

Foreign invaders almost left this lovely Caucasus palace alone—almost.

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.

Resonant stone, that has been played since prehistoric times.

Site full of incredible prehistoric paintings and archeological findings.

The skeletal remains of the famous hominid "Lucy" were found at this spot.

An ancient Ethiopian cave church is endangered by the simple building of a road.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

In this African village, the walls of the chief's compound are painted with beautiful traditional designs.

These mysterious 1,000-year-old walls have revealed little about their past.

Classical ruins that remember ancient Rome's presence in Africa.

The abstract sandstone rock formations at this Algerian national park are rich with prehistoric art.

The original resting place of Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony's only daughter.

An extraordinary mix of Phoenician, Roman, early Christian, and Byzantine ruins beautifully set overlooking the Mediterranean.

Hidden dwellings in the cliffsides of North Togo used by local Moba tribes to evade 18th-century slave traders.

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

A 2nd-century stupa home to one of the world's oldest statues of the Buddha.

Thousands of ancient rock carvings are scattered just off the highway.

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

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

Reputedly haunted sandstone necropolis with exquisite stone carvings.

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