Places deriverative Wants to Go

This beautiful eden was once the vacation home of Tahitian royals before Marlon Brando bought it.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

A war relic that has sat undisturbed since it crash-landed near Arno Atoll.

The birthplace of both the Atomic Age and Godzilla, and the namesake of the bathing suit.

An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.

Giant money stones of Yap.

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

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

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

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

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

Billionaire's mark on the earth.

Feed it cash, get your very own gold bar.

This mysterious abandoned fort looks like something pulled right from Arabian legend.

The largest falcon hospital in the world, caring for over 6,000 feathered patients every year.

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

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

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

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

Every December, this stretch of dusty desert road transforms into a catwalk for a camel beauty pageant.

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

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.