Places watsonswanderlust Wants to Go

Unfinished monument to peace between Turkey and Armenia, long divided by a dispute over genocide.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

Fantastic lake on the heart of a fault line.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.

While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.

Once described as the "Eagle's Nest," this ruined ancient city rests on a remote mountaintop.

The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.

This museum was invented in a novel before being made real by the author.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

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

On the outskirts of Ipoh, this sprawling temple complex is home to one of the world's tallest pagodas.

Malaysia's floating mosque.

An eerie abandoned gentlemen's club built for British officials during the colonial era.

The world's largest reclining Buddha, the Giant Buddha of Mudon.

A deserted 20-lane highway runs through Myanmar's empty capital city.

Caves full of Buddhist statues, incredible rock formations and a deserted lagoon.

A precariously perched golden rock defies gravity and brings pilgrims from across Myanmar.