Places MeanderingMind Wants to Go

This ancient fortress in Iran was once the oldest and largest treasury in the world.

Hundreds of stones dangle from barren trees in the middle of the desert.

The hottest, driest, and most scenic desert on Earth.

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

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

A 1,500-year-old, 3-story subterranean city where ancient Persians took refuge in times of war.

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

This ruined fortress was the stronghold for a persecuted medieval leader and his infamous Assassins.

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

Ruins of a former government building destroyed during the Georgian-Abkhaz war in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union.

Despite being tiny and rural this Georgian airport looks like a sci-fi boondoggle.

The cave holds a spectacular array of stalactites and stalagmites, including one shaped like a giant human heart.

A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

These Stalin-era industrial 'death traps' hang lifeless above the city

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.

Of all the houses that grace this neighborhood, only one is a testament to surreal architecture.

A Cold War secret surveillance tower used to spy on radio communications.

Massive installation of Europe's negative stereotypes.

Underneath the city that invented pilsners are a series of historic tunnels that have been storing beer for centuries.

A controversial artwork draws attention to the dark history of Prague's "Suicide Bridge."

This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.

Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.