Places Magicmarker Wants to Go

A historic trade hub teeming with gorgeous architecture, colorful goods, and vibrant designs.

17th century mosque for Shah Abbas' harem.

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

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

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

Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.

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.

An ancient sanctuary that has long been a holy site for the Chaldean Christian Church.

A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

The sacred shrine of the Yazidis.

9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.

Giant kites are flown during this Day of the Dead celebration in Guatemala.

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.

Land that belongs to no nation.

These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.

A collection of heirloom roses tucked in a spectacularly beautiful botanical garden on Lake Atitlan.

This restored colonial house was once home to the botanist responsible for bringing avocados to the U.S.

Mesoamerican monoliths and zoomorphic stones covered in royal visages, ancient mythology, and grand celestial events.

Volcanically heated hot springs.

The remnants of an archaeological camp stand within Tikal National Park.

It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.

A fantastical and futuristic temple of light built from nine monumental glass veils.