Places Rocio Dominguez Wants to Go

A hidden highland of peaks and pastures, largely unchanged since medieval times.

In one of the smallest countries in the world stands an original Salvador Dalí sculpture.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

Modest but unique pyramid built for a pharaoh has been reduced to a “heap of stone.”

The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

Former home of a village butcher who became a globally renowned artist.

This memorial park is also the original site of Queen Cleopatra’s Caesareum, whose pillars now stand in London and New York.

The oldest Egyptian obelisk still standing in its original site.

This fortress was built using the last surviving stones from the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Hidden away in a back alley, this Art Nouveau cafe has been in business since 1882.

This eatery is emblematic of the connection between Jamaica and Nubia.

This 7th-century monastery was sacked by Saladin.

The lost library of Alexandria, revived as a spearhead of cultural preservation.

This North African stone complex is considered to be the oldest astronomical observatory on Earth.

Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.

Source for a sizable portion of Egypt's freshwater supply is more than an optical illusion.

Located near Cairo's El Korba district, the abandoned mansion continues to inspire mystery and rumor throughout the city.

A network of ancient Egyptian tombs built into the cliff face along the Nile.

Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.