Places Ferf Wants to Go

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

This breathtaking island on Rwanda’s Lake Kivu is a haven for thousands of fruit bats.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.

Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.

This tourist village in Nairobi celebrates the traditional lifestyles and customs of Kenyan tribes.

A glass and sculpture wonderland forms an oasis in a remote part of Kenya.

Located in Nairobi National Park, this animal orphanage is the oldest of its kind in Kenya.

This rare volcano spews the strangest and (literally) coolest lava in the world.

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

The studio of Catalonia's most famous theatrical designer remains exactly as he left it.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

An aeronautical-themed resort forged around rusty relics from the golden age of air travel.

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

These mammoth-yet-narrow crevasses in the Earth are perfect for taking an otherworldly swim.

This small uninhabited island offers Galapagos-like biodiversity.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.