Places vijayhm Wants to Go

This mysterious complex of abandoned yurts and fading murals was meant to be a center of science and spirituality in Kyrgyzstan.

Built entirely of interlocking pieces, construction of this Chinese Muslim house of worship required zero nails.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

This was once the largest city in Kazakhstan, and a major stop on the Silk Road.

This unique wooden mosque resembling a Chinese pagoda was said to be built without the use of nails.

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

The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.

Come in, light some incense, and ignore the live snakes around you.

The lavish, well-preserved home of a wealthy Baba Nyonya family is now a cultural museum.

Local history holds that a young woman, killed for a crime she did not commit, cursed this island.

Not far from the bustle of Kuala Lumpur is an amazing waterfall that navigates seven vertical drops.

An exploration of Malaysian heritage through the lens of traditional textiles.

Hang out with thousands of butterflies in one of the world's largest such enclosures.

Next to the Malaysian Prime Minister’s office stands this rose-colored mosque.

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

Reputedly haunted sandstone necropolis with exquisite stone carvings.

This commanding mausoleum holds the remains of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.

Lunar landscape, a mud volcano and bizarre rock formations.

One of the largest necropolises in the world is home to a stunning array of historic Middle Eastern tombs.

This 17th-century fort, built by the Dutch to control a piece of the international spice trade, is now a city park.

A remote island settlement off the coast of Tanzania is a storied archaeological site with an ancient past.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

The medieval center of the Islamic world was also once the seat of Saladin's sultanate.

Hundreds of thousands of ancient documents offer a unique glimpse into Jewish life in Cairo.