Places philippe gonzalvez Wants to Go

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

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

Iranian tombstones shaped like male and female sexual organs.

Hydraulic systems in an ancient underground Iranian city.

Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.

These little castles each held thousands of pigeons.

17th century mosque for Shah Abbas' harem.

Giant reed houses made in the marshes of Southern Iraq.

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

9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.

What is left of the pillar of Saint Simeon, the voluntary martyr who climbed the column to give his sermons, remaining perched there for thirty-seven years.

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

A 1,500-year-old ghost settlement is slowly fading away.

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.

Ruins of the Crusaders' headquarters.

The largest hewn stone in history.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

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

Underwater restaurant at the coral reefs of Eilat.

Lived-in building, bedecked with an astonishing array of mirror mosaics.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

20-foot tall lamp mumbles Swedish to celebrate the holidays.

Preserved "bog person" that is over 2,000 years old.