Places RakelOm Wants to Go

This garden is very fertile.

Strange, gentle beasts resembling goat-cow hybrids roam within this patch of forest.

A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest.

The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.

The potters' quarter is packed with artists sculpting clay gods with mud from the sacred Ganges river.

The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.

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

A modern tower, symbolizing the legend of a golden egg on top of the tree of life.

Beatlemania is still going strong... at least in Kazakhstan.

Mysterious spherical rocks in the semi-desert of western Kazakhstan.

Iconic pyramid from famed British architect Norman Foster designed to represent all of the world's religious faiths.

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

Mosaics, storks, and brothels—this ancient city has it all.

The remains of a magnificent medieval fortress that was the capital of a vast empire.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

This small and unknown museum recounts the life of Mirabai, a remarkable mystic saint of the 16th century.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

A 63-foot-tall swinging ball hypnotizes passersby, and proves to any remaining doubters that the Earth is spinning.

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.