Places mossenmoons Wants to Go

Rock-cut chamber at top of an outcroup, reached by a mountain stairway of forty steps.

Despite a history of destruction, this former citadel survives to document Afghanistan's oft overlooked history.

Splashes of blue in an otherwise monotonous lunar landscape.

Highly unusual subterranean stupa and adjacent cave monastery.

A strip of neutral ground where the people of Tajikistan and Afghanistan come together to trade.

The abandoned palace stands as a wounded but proud beacon of Afghan hope.

What was once supposed to be the symbol of a shining Afghan future is now a bombed-out ruin.

Once an impressive link to Afghanistan’s Buddhist past, now a sad reminder of intolerance towards other cultures.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

Iranian tombstones shaped like male and female sexual organs.

This 12,000 year old Iranian cave village has been continuously inhabited for over 3,000 years.

This lake in northwest Iran has started turning from green to red more frequently than scientists are comfortable with.

The tower in this 1,000-year-old mud-brick village seems to vibrate for no apparent reason.

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

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.

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

This steamship has been beautifully rusting off the coast of an Iranian island since the 1960s.

Colorful mineral deposits turn these mountains into an Impressionist fantasy.

The colorful soil of Iran’s "Rainbow Island" attracts artists and nature lovers.

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

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

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

This ancient stone bridge is a hub for daredevils.