Places hellogigi Wants to Go

These little castles each held thousands of pigeons.

A 1,500-year-old, 3-story subterranean city where ancient Persians took refuge in times of war.

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

This circular Iranian jail was once a political prison run by the country's secret police.

Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.