Places jaysutton79 Wants to Go

An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.

Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.

This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.

This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.

There is only one place in the world where the corners of four nations come together.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

Billed as the "largest natural flower garden in the world" this Middle Eastern show field has little competition at 45 million flowers.

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

Planned as the world’s first zero-carbon city, it had lofty ideals—but is only 5 percent completed and aiming for 50 percent carbon-neutral.

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

An imposing Omani fortress surrounded by date palm trees.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

Even King Tut was intrigued by the glass of the Great Sand Sea.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.

An endless sea of white conical domes.