Places ambernz Wants to Go

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

This abandoned Antarctic research station is a Soviet ghost frozen in time.

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

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

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

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

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

Towering at a height of over 30 meters, this turn-of-the-18th-century landmark is the tallest temple in Nepal.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

The narrow passages will challenge even the bravest driver.