Places akiraa1 Wants to Go

Ten shipwreck-shaped chalets lie along the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

A preserved ancient Marshall Britannia steam locomotive on display at a train station.

This historic 17th-century site once served as a secluded meditation retreat.

A massive statue depicts Jesus as if he's about to take off in flight.

This hilltop shrine is colloquially known as "Sex Mountain" for the ritual practices once conducted there.

A WWII-era Soviet submarine offers visitors a glimpse into Indonesia's naval history.

The longest hiking route on the island of Java leads to this inactive volcano.

This 17th-century fort, built by the Dutch to control a piece of the international spice trade, is now a city park.

The country’s first escalator is located in department store filled with batiks and beautiful Indonesian products.

Bali’s Mother Temple, a breathtaking complex that rises serenely up the side of an active volcano.

A striking series of six bridges connect islands in Indonesia.

Concrete balls on wires constructed to stop train surfing in Indonesia.

A lonely memorial to the 107 victims of Pan Am Flight 812, which crashed in Bali in 1974.

A unique project to help restore coral reefs in Bali.

After a 2004 tsunami, this stranded boat was left in place.

Mount Tambora is the site of the largest and deadliest volcanic eruption in recorded human history.

This monument marks where the exact middle of the world used to be.

One of Indonesia's tallest, this waterfall takes a 390-foot plunge into the Lake Toba caldera.

The remote island home of the overlooked explorer who co-discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection.