Places lizziecmporter Wants to Go

This ancient town is full of stunning Ottoman architecture and streets so narrow trash collection is done by donkey.

This sprawling, formerly elite sporting complex in Amman, Jordan has become a local picnic spot.

Concentrated around the Dead Sea, these surprising canyons are filled with coursing water, fish, and even crabs.

Known as the "Valley of the Moon," this Jordanian wadi is one of the most amazing desertscapes on Earth.

A refurbished locomotive from a bygone era in the middle of the Jordanian desert.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.

The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

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

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

An intimate look into the apartments of Jounieh via cable car.

An open-air gallery and garden in North Lebanon with plans to continue growing.

Brush shoulders with animatronic Arab leaders made of silicone.

Ancient rock-cut tomb? Definitely. That of a great Median king? Unlikely.

One of the world's largest salt caves is filled with fragile salt sculptures, salt rivers, and huge salt megadomes.

This vast, water-filled underground labyrinth can only be toured by boat.

The ancient necropolis houses the immense rock-cut tombs of four Persian kings.

Modern-day cave dwellers carve elaborate homes out of volcanic debris.

This beautiful system of tunnels built into natural rock serves as a centuries old plumbing system.

The vertical-axis windmills of ancient Persia have been grinding flour for 1,000 years and counting.

A sophisticated astronomical tower built by one of the greatest Persian scholars of the Islamic Golden Age.

A spectacular rainbow of stained glass makes the "Pink Mosque" one of the most beautiful in Iran.

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.