Places ArthurGartner Wants to Go

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

Travel deep inside of Europe's second largest glacier in the world's largest man-made ice cave.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

A beautifully well-preserved ancient Roman villa.

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

While you're unlikely to find riches here these days, this remote mine is a time capsule of the Gold Rush era.

The world's smallest drawbridge.

Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

Try your hand at old-fashioned coffee growing at this museum devoted to one of the world's most coveted beans.