Places rlaurak Wants to Go

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

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

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.

An outstanding piece of retro Sci-Fi architecture built into a sacred mountain.

Touching displays of wishes for peace from the Cold War era.

Looking for a unifying history, Uzbekistan finds its answer in a 14th Century Turco-Mongol conqueror... despite the fact he wasn't Uzbek.

A building facade covered with the statues of 11 giants of Tajik literature.

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.

Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.

The runoff from these fiery cliffs sends red water flowing into the sea.

This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.

These strange piles of magnetized volcanic ash travel across the desert about 50 feet per year.

In Zanzibar, a historic 19th-century palace is a reminder of the world's shortest war.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

Human ancestor’s 3.6 million year-old footprints.

This rare volcano spews the strangest and (literally) coolest lava in the world.

A glass and sculpture wonderland forms an oasis in a remote part of Kenya.

Located in Nairobi National Park, this animal orphanage is the oldest of its kind in Kenya.

Strolling through these vintage locomotives offers a surprising amount of insight into the history of Kenya.

This local art collective supports contemporary artists through a coveted residency program.

Strange sandstone canyon known as the "place broken by itself."

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."

An aeronautical-themed resort forged around rusty relics from the golden age of air travel.