Places raquel9e Wants to Go

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Burial site of a Jewish prophet revered in Iran.

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

One of the largest and oldest caravansaries in Persia.

Salt cured mummies continue to turn up in this Iranian mine.

This ancient burial site is believed to be one of the first earthquake-protected structures in the world.

These little castles each held thousands of pigeons.

17th century mosque for Shah Abbas' harem.

The ancient necropolis houses the immense rock-cut tombs of four Persian kings.

A sophisticated astronomical tower built by one of the greatest Persian scholars of the Islamic Golden Age.

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

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

A spectacular rainbow of stained glass makes the "Pink Mosque" one of the most beautiful in Iran.

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

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 unique spiral staircase that doesn't quite make it up to the top floor.

The "plyscraper" is the world's tallest building made predominantly out of wood.

The mountaintop wind turbine boasts a viewing deck — and a fair share of controversy.

A large spinning bath of liquid mercury, used to probe the early universe.