Places etiennebara Wants to Go

A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.

Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."

This Himalayan airport provides one of the most difficult landings in the world.

The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.

Ancient and modern architecture are joined in Louis Kahn's monument to democracy.

Where giant ships go to die.

Afghanistan's first skatepark, located in war torn Kabul.

Splashes of blue in an otherwise monotonous lunar landscape.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

One of the largest sand dunes in the world is nicknamed the "Scary Mountain" due to its steep slope and sharp incline.

Turn around and stick your head between your legs for the best view of this tree-covered sandbar.

Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

Over the dunes of the Empty Quarter, the mysterious music of the desert.

Fantastic lake on the heart of a fault line.

While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

This giant volcanic crater holds its very own field of salt.

Within the Saudi Arabian desert lies a 2,000-year-old ghost town made of stone and mud.

More than 100 monumental tombs carved into rock are preserved at this ancient Nabataean site in the Arabian Desert.

An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.