Places AJ Wants to Go

Mined to a depth of 240 meters with a perimeter of about 1.6 km, the largest hand-dug excavation in the world.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

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

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

Fur-lined metal pod dangling in the French countryside.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

Vast stretch of tide-pools with a unique Moroccan charm.

Numerous impressive carvings are embedded in the trees lining this street in Marrakech.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.