Places drawingofsound Wants to Go

A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

Unfinished monument to peace between Turkey and Armenia, long divided by a dispute over genocide.

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.

Tibetan-influenced mountain fortress in Northern Pakistan.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

The largest dam in the world and the site of a potential disaster.

Extremely isolated Silk Road caravanserai in the middle of nowhere.

Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.

One of the world's largest salt caves is filled with fragile salt sculptures, salt rivers, and huge salt megadomes.

The tallest residential building in Africa is an unsettling Brutalist monolith.

The largest known meteorite on Earth was too big to move.

In the most arid desert on the planet, the world's leading telescope allows astronomers to see more than has ever been seen before.

A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.

Mysterious and ancient carved standing stones.

A memorial to the victims of Argentina's "Dirty War."

This giant power line tower is a robot that can express its moods in neon.

Massive rock sculptures formed during the time of the dinosaurs still stand undisturbed.

Trash-filled shrines to an unofficial saint known for her endless breast milk dot the highways of Argentina.