Places asdonkar Wants to Go

An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

Every January 6, young men dive into Spring Bayou in search of a cross and a year's worth of maritime blessings.

A once grand hotel now sits eerily abandoned in the Catalan countryside outside Barcelona.

A fascinating assortment of cave dwellings, medieval ruins, and sarcophagi are being devoured by the forest.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

A lush oasis full of vibrant plants and striking geometric displays.

The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

Low tide reveals 8,000-year-old rock carvings in Southern Alaska.

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

The remains of the first saint from Alaska in the Russian Orthodox Church.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

A lakeside garden in the Southern Alps full of whimsical artwork and thousands of beautiful flowers.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.

A gorgeous gem on the ocean.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

This aquarium has almost as many world records as it does fish.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.