Places asdonkar Wants to Go

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

Don't be a grizzly man. Get personal with Alaska's wild bears from the safety of this conservationist camp.

Internationally recognized group that works to protect the wolf and educate the public about its plight.

An auroral research program that superheats the ionosphere.

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.

An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

The hidden ruins of an old hydroelectric plant reclaimed by nature.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

A small graveyard is hidden in the midst of a bustling university campus.

This colorful palace is an oasis of calm amid the hustle and bustle of the Buriganga riverfront.

Admire endangered plants in a verdant garden that looks straight out of a Monet painting.

An underexplored, 130-foot tropical waterfall that you will have all to yourself.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.