Places shatteredpools Wants to Go

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

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

A shrine honoring a legendary ghost bride lies within this vibrant temple.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

A creepy, deserted mock Arabian village can be found in the middle of the Qatari desert.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

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

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.

A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.

An abandoned Soviet-era mining town in the mountains of South Kazakhstan.

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

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

The world's largest concentrated solar power plant.

The courtyard of this small Marinid madrasa is a dazzling example of intricate Islamic architecture.

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

Hidden behind mountains in Morocco, a remote town hides a thriving surfing community.