Places Fabeldyret Wants to Go

In the middle of a barren desert, a massive, solitary rocky thumb juts out.

Moorish signal station on a stratgic rocky outcrop.

Lions carved into the rockface adorn these two tombs built into the mountains of Dadan.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

This art installation at an abandoned lipstick factory has distinct anti-capitalist vibes.

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

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

An archaeological site believed to be the burial place of the "mother of us all."

Site where Moses may have received the Ten Commandments.

These towering cliffs jut dramatically from the middle of a barren desert.

Village of slate houses, built on a white marble outcrop.

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.

To the great disappointment of doomsdayers, this codex merely contains records of the Moon and Venus.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

A moving and macabre World War I-era painting by the great artist Otto Dix.

A 900-year-old village located in the highland of the Asir region that features historic architecture.

A historic structure that once housed pigeons used by farmers to help fertilize farmland.

Once a major stop on the Hejaz Railway, this desert station (complete with steam locomotive) has been abandoned for decades.

Modern museum, designed for Jihadi tourists.

An intimate look into the apartments of Jounieh via cable car.

This modernist cinema has survived war and reconstruction to become a symbol of Lebanon’s revolutionary spirit.