Places deriverative Wants to Go

An outstanding piece of retro Sci-Fi architecture built into a sacred mountain.

On the shores of Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Lake, a family cooks a feast that tells the sad tale of a people's exile.

These oldest of these "embroidered stones" were carved 4,000 years ago in a high mountain valley.

According to one story, this burial mound is made up of stones that represent the casualties of a major battle.

According to myth, there's a bloody explanation for the beautiful bright red color of this rock formation set amidst alpine vegetation.

A stunning blue-green lake located in the Terskey Alatau mountain range.

Where you'll find anything but nothing.

This largely abandoned village was home to a bustling mining community in the Soviet era.

When the sun sets, the customers arrive—but they’re not human.

The exorbitant price of paradise.

A narrow, serpentine spit of sand is constantly eroded and rebuilt by competing currents.

The world's seventh-largest coral reef contains an incredible amount of biodiversity.

Fine dining 20 feet below the surface in the Indian Ocean.

An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

North Korea's massive "hotel of doom."

This abandoned-looking amusement park is frighteningly open for business.

A bizarre collection of gifts to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il from the despots of the world.

A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.

A highly symbolic tower in honor of Supreme Leader Kim Il-sung's personal philosophy.

A symbol of the Workers' Party of North Korea.

A former palace transformed into a mausoleum for North Korea's supreme leaders.

Pyongyang’s Arch of Triumph is the second tallest triumphal arch in the world.

An oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.