Places kaiaoverthemoon Wants to Go

A toxic lake near a volcanic caldera that is home to flamingos and other life.

Legend has it the lovelorn tears of a princess and a shepherd boy formed the blue and green twin lakes in the Azores archipelago.

An impressive site containing some of the earth’s rarest living fossils.

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.

Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

A folk-art cottage and hotel straight from a Slavic fairy tale.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Experience the wonders of a pristine night sky in this landscape free from light pollution.

Ride a gondola up to this historic mountainside eatery.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

More than 20,000 butterflies can be seen at this spectacular park and research center.