Places mossenmoons Wants to Go

Extremely isolated Silk Road caravanserai in the middle of nowhere.

Wander among the ghostly ruins of an island where civilization flourished for thousands of years.

This centuries-old tree tells an unusual tale of vegetation and fertility in the desert.

A mesmerizing wonderland of salt-encrusted tree branches and pencil roots.

This unconventionally beautiful landscape possesses stunning scenery you won't easily forget.

An abandoned fishing village in pre-oil Qatar.

A 19th century pearling and fishing village abandoned before Qatar's economic boom.

The shallow, salty inlet was a safe haven for 19th-century pirates.

A staggering number of rock carvings in an abandoned quarry.

Qatar's oldest market can trace its origins back more than a century.

The cluster of igloo-like domes forms the remains of an ancient burial ground.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

Every December, this stretch of dusty desert road transforms into a catwalk for a camel beauty pageant.

These otherworldly formations were shaped over millions of years by the forces of nature.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

Over the dunes of the Empty Quarter, the mysterious music of the desert.

The oldest surviving mosque in the UAE has mysterious origins and unusual architecture.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

Lions carved into the rockface adorn these two tombs built into the mountains of Dadan.

An annual two-week festival near the city of Riyadh when Saudis let their hair down.

Site where Moses may have received the Ten Commandments.

Village of slate houses, built on a white marble outcrop.

Climbing the "mountain of frustration" is no easy feat.

The rocks around this mountain are filled with so many carvings that the area became known as the "open library."