Places Wanderer 2202 Wants to Go

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

Death road of Bolivia.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

This narrow path was cut right into a French mountainside to feed the country's early naval expansion.

One man single-handedly dug a road right through a mountain after his wife died due to its interference.

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

Because sometimes the most efficient route from A to B isn't a straight line.

A mere stone's throw from Islamabad exists a spectacular display of three millennia of humanity's progress.

This lost city belongs to one of the earliest civilizations in the world.

A city entirely devoted to illegal gun production.

Tibetan-influenced mountain fortress in Northern Pakistan.

Be careful not to get trampled at this lively two thousand-year-old market.

The world's largest natural arch was forgotten for over 50 years after its discovery.

Extremely isolated Silk Road caravanserai in the middle of nowhere.

This dark, damp, perilous tunnel is the only passage from north to south Tajikistan.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

Highly unusual subterranean stupa and adjacent cave monastery.

Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan is home to a messy, bubbling, and sometimes explosive landscape.

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.

Complete town of 5,000 living out at sea on the world's first offshore oil platform.

Foreign invaders almost left this lovely Caucasus palace alone—almost.

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.