Places deriverative Wants to Go

A mesmerizing wonderland of salt-encrusted tree branches and pencil roots.

Four steel monoliths stand in the Qatari desert, in a breathtaking work of large-scale art by Richard Serra.

A state-of-the-art medical facility dedicated to treating beloved birds of prey.

An art installation that will challenge your understanding of reality and perception.

This tilted minaret and mosque are a feat of modern engineering.

A 2200 year old vessel may have been able to keep a charge.

9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.

A 605-page Quran penned in the blood of a dictator is locked away in a mosque.

The sacred shrine of the Yazidis.

A shrine on the shores of the Tigris.

The oldest Christian monastery in Iraq until ISIS blew it up twice and then drove over it with bulldozers.

The surviving pieces of an ancient aqueduct that may have fed into the lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

Ancient rock-cut tomb? Definitely. That of a great Median king? Unlikely.

A boiling wellspring flowing with natural gas burns in a continual blaze.

An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.

This beautiful arched gate is all that remains of the fortress the ancient mountaintop town of Amadiya once was.

An ancient sanctuary that has long been a holy site for the Chaldean Christian Church.

This ancient stone bridge is a hub for daredevils.

This remnant of an ancient Persian city is considered to be the world's largest single-span brick vault arch.

One of the largest cemeteries in the world.

Qshla Koya is an Ottoman fortress located on a hillock in the central quarter of Koya.

The history of Mar Behnam Monastery is that of violence, intolerance, resiliency, and spirituality.

A surreal monument depicting a five-armed giant supporting a toppling cylinder seal.

The legendary fortress of a female Kurdish warrior leader.