Places Erin Wants to Go

One of the largest necropolises in the world is home to a stunning array of historic Middle Eastern tombs.

These stairs were built to accommodate royals mounted on elephants.

This mosque was built overnight as an act of defiance against the British colonial authorities.

The third-largest replica of the Paris landmark, rising over the city’s skyline.

A perfectly restored 17th-century hammam in the heart of Lahore.

A 17th-century mosque that was used for war more than worship.

A shrine in Karachi is home to around 100 crocodiles that are regarded as sacred.

This commanding mausoleum holds the remains of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.

A tower built by an emperor for an antelope.

Massive fortress bastions in the desert of Cholistan.

This lost city belongs to one of the earliest civilizations in the world.

One of the largest cemeteries in the world.

9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.

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

Also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, this is one of the world's largest and oldest mosques.

The Syrian headquarters of alleged hashish-smoking assassins.

One of the oldest and largest castles in the world.

Ruins of the Crusaders' headquarters.

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.

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

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.