Places Hopla Wants to Go

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.

A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

Rocky Atlantic beach home to a stunning stone arch.

This amazing oasis of art and plants is hidden on the outskirts of Marrakesh.

One of the most spectacular canyons in the world.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

For lovers of Soviet cinema, this museum is home to a vast collection of artifacts and costumes.

This Russian locomotive museum was once devoted just to Lenin's funeral before expanding to encompass Moscow's entire train history.

This Russian museum stresses the importance of keeping clean and even holds one of Pavlov's dogs.

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

An early-20th-century "dacha" village of quaint cottages curiously located in a modern part of Moscow.

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

The ruins in this village were caused by something more sinister than neglect.

This spectacular mosque houses the second-largest chandelier in the world.

A sinkhole and now a swimming hole, too, full of dazzling turquoise water.

This bazaar is one of the oldest in the Arabian world.

Nature's water park in the Wadi Bani Awf valley is full of pools flanked with cliffs and natural water slides.

Traditional architecture and ancient irrigation systems are on display in this gorgeous mountain village.

An abandoned mountain village in Habib surrounded by walnut, apricot, and pomegranate trees.

This lonely tomb is all that remains of a once-bustling ancient trade hub visited by Marco Polo.