Places ADR Wants to Go

One of the most remote lodges in the Amazon offers rare wildlife encounters and undisturbed views of the Peruvian rainforest.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

This hidden stream beneath Indianapolis makes an appearance in the best-selling novel "Underground Airlines."

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.