Places Roseparis Wants to Go

Even King Tut was intrigued by the glass of the Great Sand Sea.

The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.

A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.

Ethiopian standing stones featuring remarkably preserved carvings of swords and people.

An ancient Ethiopian cave church is endangered by the simple building of a road.

The world’s largest permanent desert lake is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.