Places lizrycroft Wants to Go

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

Complete town of 5,000 living out at sea on the world's first offshore oil platform.

Local legend says that whoever burns down this 2,000-year-old tree will only have seven days to live.

In oil-rich Azerbaijan, people bathe in the black stuff.

A unique museum dedicated to culture and artistry of carpet weaving.

Swirling layers of white and red rock earned these mountains their festive nickname.

A quirky house created entirely out of glass bottles combines a collector's spirit with an artist's flair.

This striking icon of the disputed Republic of Artsakh caused a stir at a Eurovision Song Contest.

A scenic canyon with thick forests and historic ruins.

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.

A cave covered with bizarre stalactites of cloth.

This harsh mountain path was built as a strange attempt to improve the health of Turkmen citizens.

An eccentric dictator's take on a Turkmen version of Disneyland.

An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.

The ruins of an ancient Zoroastrian Tower of Silence believed to be the earliest example of the traditional funerary practice.

These "50 Fortresses" have been unearthed in the ancient oasis of Khwarezm.

Former island in the Aral Sea used to be a top-secret Russian bio-weapons facility.

Lonely minaret stump of a destroyed city.

Glacial lake that mysteriously empties itself every year.

This sculpture commemorates a naturalist and an illustrator whose work was a forerunner to modern field guides.

A shrine to the missionary who first brought Islam to China.

The largest dinosaurs in the world, kissing above the highway.