Places rosetatarsky Wants to Go

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

This former textile district now is now a thriving center for contemporary Chinese art.

A tunnel dug through the side of a mountain by hand provides convenient yet death-defying access to a small village in China.

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

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

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.

Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan is home to a messy, bubbling, and sometimes explosive landscape.

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

This hilltop warren of monastic dwellings is the result of centuries worth of Mongol attacks.

The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.

Where giant ships go to die.

Village of slate houses, built on a white marble outcrop.

Within the Saudi Arabian desert lies a 2,000-year-old ghost town made of stone and mud.

Giant reed houses made in the marshes of Southern Iraq.

Iranian tombstones shaped like male and female sexual organs.

An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

Museum design and public transportation meet in this unique Russian train car.