Places RakelOm Wants to Go

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

One of the most remote and isolated villages on the Arabian Peninsula.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

Yemen's "Stone Palace" looks like it was carved right out of the tall stone column on which it is built.

Iranian tombstones shaped like male and female sexual organs.

In this tiny Iranian town playing on the roof isn't just encouraged, it's the only place to go.

17th century mosque for Shah Abbas' harem.

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

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

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.

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

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.

Resonant stone, that has been played since prehistoric times.

A quirky house created entirely out of glass bottles combines a collector's spirit with an artist's flair.

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

Right up until the 20th century this network of man-made caves was the biggest village in Eastern Armenia.

This series of Armenian caves held the oldest brain, shoe, and winery in the world.

She asked for a potato cellar and over the next 23 years he gave her a network of holy caves.

This ancient mountain monastery welcomes all manner of faith in an effort to keep Christians in Syria.

This ornate mosque is said to hold the remains of Muhammad's granddaughter beneath its dome of pure gold.

Only a handful of these gorgeous historic waterwheels remain but even those are in danger from local unrest.