Places irvzgersh Wants to Go

This museum was invented in a novel before being made real by the author.

The United Arab Emirates's biggest and oldest fort pays homage to a lost era.

This mysterious abandoned fort looks like something pulled right from Arabian legend.

The cluster of igloo-like domes forms the remains of an ancient burial ground.

The oldest surviving mosque in the UAE has mysterious origins and unusual architecture.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

A statue dedicated to the antihero of the Nibelung legend.

A man-made slag heap that you can "ski" down, and is home to the world sandboarding championships.

The great Danube river starts here.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.

History is on display in this hall, which has served as the seat of city government for centuries.

The ruins of the "place of the cloud snake" sit in the middle of an urban environment.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

Hidden for more than a century, the grave of the Conquistador remains forgotten behind these church walls.

This Aztec structure remained hidden until the demolition of a supermarket exposed the lost temple.

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.