Ramla, Israel
Pool of Arches
You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Ramla, Israel
You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.
Fars Province, Iran
The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.
Shiraz, Iran
Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.
Hillah, Iraq
Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Safita, Syria
Ruins of the Crusaders' headquarters.
Saty, Kazakhstan
Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.
Narmada, India
The tallest statue in the world is twice the height of the Statue of Liberty.
Booluvampatti, India
The world's largest bust sculpture celebrates the Hindu deity, Shiva.
Madurai, India
This ancient Hindu temple is covered in thousands of colorful statues and has a long mythological history.
Abhaneri, India
Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.
Tbilisi, Georgia
The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.
Kaleüçağız Köyü, Turkey
Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.
Çanakkale, Turkey
This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.
Demre, Turkey
A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.
Fethiye, Turkey
These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.
Istanbul, Turkey
A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.
Luxor, Egypt
Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.
Dandarah, Egypt
One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.
Nubia, Egypt
Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
One of the most well-preserved mammoth specimens in the world.
Volgograd, Russia
The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.
Dmitrovsky District, Russia
A Marxist summer camp full of fantastical statues lies tucked away and forgotten in the forests of Moscow.