Places Fabeldyret Wants to Go

This architecturally eclectic fortress witnessed centuries of bloody turmoil, including the massacre of its ruling clan.

An enormous effigy of the goddess of compassion hides within the sanctuary.

The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.

A clay house decorated with ceramic chips in Tianjin.

Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin' ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave.

China has many statues of the general and war god, but none are as epic as this.

A state-of-the-art medical facility dedicated to treating beloved birds of prey.

The enormous diamond-shaped building packs a trove of academic and literary treasures into one futuristic space.

The building is a gigantic piece of art inspired by the shape of a desert rose.

Home of the infamous Rug Man of Doha.

Robot jockeys ride their humped mounts to victory as part of a 21st-century twist on an ancient desert sport.

A creepy, deserted mock Arabian village can be found in the middle of the Qatari desert.

Some 20,000 dust-covered unwanted vehicles languish in the desert.

The beautifully designed resting place of Iran's national poet is a masterpiece of modern Persian architecture.

One of the holiest Shi'i shrines in Iran honors the life and death of a learned noblewoman who became a saint.

This steamship has been beautifully rusting off the coast of an Iranian island since the 1960s.

A graveyard of old and rare planes that once were the glory of Persian aviation.

These Stalin-era industrial 'death traps' hang lifeless above the city

The world's tallest circular building is loaded with symbolism, but many just see a big donut.

This mysterious complex of abandoned yurts and fading murals was meant to be a center of science and spirituality in Kyrgyzstan.

A palatial horse museum outside Shanghai is home to the most pampered horses in the world.

A fantastic assortment of China's finest and most disturbing wares.

The decaying remains of a once-luxurious Soviet spa town.

This highest bridge in the world spans such a great chasm that it had to be established using rockets.