Places isabelleryann Wants to Go

These beautiful historic watchtowers were used for both scanning the desert for enemy invaders and observing the celestial world.

This mix of Islamic art, vintage vehicles, weaponry, architecture, and history is an ode to eclecticism. 

An art installation that will challenge your understanding of reality and perception.

A staggering number of rock carvings in an abandoned quarry.

A mesmerizing wonderland of salt-encrusted tree branches and pencil roots.

This unconventionally beautiful landscape possesses stunning scenery you won't easily forget.

Once a highly polluted body of water has now been transformed into a gorgeous lagoon.

Some of the ancient-looking huts among these strange rock formations aren't ancient at all, but built as part of a movie set.

A creepy, deserted mock Arabian village can be found in the middle of the Qatari desert.

The building is a gigantic piece of art inspired by the shape of a desert rose.

Four steel monoliths stand in the Qatari desert, in a breathtaking work of large-scale art by Richard Serra.

This vibrant side road in Doha was painted light blue to reduce heat.

This fountain pays homage to Qatar's history of pearling, the primary industry before oil.

Qatar's oldest market can trace its origins back more than a century.

This unique museum doesn't shy away from highlighting Qatar's role in the history of slavery.

Home of the infamous Rug Man of Doha.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.