Places IrajV Wants to Go

This unimaginably large pile of sand near Nazca is one of the tallest dunes in the world.

A city block packed with whimsical sculptures that seem to be plucked from a tiled fantasy world.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

The labyrinthine home of the National Archives of Estonia is an experimental blend of architecture, art, and history.

This remote research station sits amid the second-largest ice sheet on the planet.

One of the largest collections of socialist realist art shows the surprising depth of the official art of the Soviet Union.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

A constellation of golden cobblestones shows the names of local children born under a full moon.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

A Swiss board game museum housed inside a picture-perfect castle.

What looks like missing grout is actually an old pub's peephole.

Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.

Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.

This British museum hopes to take the taboo out of poo.

Colorful concentric circles honor a small Croatian town's supposed spot at the nucleus of it all.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

This sacred, circular cave is lined with pools so clear and still that it's hard to tell where the water begins.

The Incas turned this ancient Wari aqueduct into an imposing defensive gate.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.