Places remcrae Wants to Go

This circular Iranian jail was once a political prison run by the country's secret police.

Burial site of a Jewish prophet revered in Iran.

Long before air conditioning, Persian architects found an ingenious way to cool off.

Named after a legendary garden called Eram in southern Arabia, built by order of Shaddad, an Arab king who wanted to compete with Paradise.

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

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

Hundreds of stones dangle from barren trees in the middle of the desert.

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

The fire inside this temple has burned for more than 1,500 years.

17th century mosque for Shah Abbas' harem.

One of the largest and oldest caravansaries in Persia.

A historic trade hub teeming with gorgeous architecture, colorful goods, and vibrant designs.

These little castles each held thousands of pigeons.

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.

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

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

At high tide, the base of the lighthouse covers practically every inch of the island.

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

Groups of prehistoric tombs that dot the mountains of northern Oman.