Places deriverative Wants to Go

One of the world's best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is also one of the most unusual; it's made of black volcanic rock.

One of the oldest monasteries in the world is a key pilgrimage site for both Muslims and Christians.

This ornate mosque is said to hold the remains of Muhammad's granddaughter beneath its dome of pure gold.

The Syrian headquarters of alleged hashish-smoking assassins.

This ancient mountain monastery welcomes all manner of faith in an effort to keep Christians in Syria.

What is left of the pillar of Saint Simeon, the voluntary martyr who climbed the column to give his sermons, remaining perched there for thirty-seven years.

One of the oldest and largest castles in the world.

Ruins of the Crusaders' headquarters.

A 1,500-year-old ghost settlement is slowly fading away.

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.

One of the largest mud-brick structures in the world.

The tallest minaret in Yemen is 150 feet high and entirely made of mud.

The remains of a Zoroastrian temple that bore witness to a time when Aden was a flourishing trading hub.

A nearly abandoned Jewish settlement perched atop a hill in the heart of Yemen.

Elaborate patterns adorn the city's disappearing traditional architecture.

Yemen's "Stone Palace" looks like it was carved right out of the tall stone column on which it is built.

This impressive system of tanks was used to store drinking water as long as 2,000 years ago.

One of Yemen’s oldest and most beautiful mosques was named for the incredible, historical queen buried inside it.

One of the most remote and isolated villages on the Arabian Peninsula.

A mesmerizing reservoir nestled at the heart of a pre-Islamic Yemeni village.

A city built from mud and known as the "Manhattan of the desert."

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

Skyscraper powered by wind turbines attached between its towers.

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.