Places salsik11 Wants to Go

Hidden in the shadow of a rocky fortress is one concubine’s long-forgotten legacy.

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

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

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.

Art school in the Amazon: Drugs, nature and sustainable agriculture.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

Legends of treasure and spirits flow from this this fairy tale-like oasis.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.