Shiraz, Iran
Nasir al-Mulk Mosque
A spectacular rainbow of stained glass makes the "Pink Mosque" one of the most beautiful in Iran.
Places Sofia Perpetua Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Moscow, Russia
House With Animals
Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.
Santo Amaro do Maranhão, Brazil
Lençóis Maranhenses Dunes
A faux desert landscape in the middle of the jungle that sprouts oases during the rainy season.
Roermond, Netherlands
The Linked Headstones of Het Oude Kerkhof
Two gravestones clasp hands over the religious divide.
Jaipur, India
Jal Mahal
More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.
Jaipur, India
Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds)
The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.
Nova Friburgo, Brazil
Jardim do Nêgo (Nêgo's Garden)
Moss-covered sculptures fill this small Brazilian gorge.
Vista Hermosa, Colombia
Caño Cristales
An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."
Permanently Closed
Mexico City, Mexico
La Isla de las Muñecas (Island of the Dolls)
An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.
Cancún, Mexico
Museo Subacuático de Arte
Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.
Bonito, Brazil
Gruta Do Lago Azul (Blue Lake Grotto)
Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.
Aveiro, Brazil
Fordlândia
Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.
