Places atozenith Wants to Go

The “Thumb” of Mauritius provides a 360 degree view of the entire country.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

Held in a fort that once stood for colonization of the area, this museum now tells the history of its indigenous people.

Known as "The People's Park," this verdant oasis is home to elephants and villagers alike.

The ruins of this mining boom town stand like skeletal reminders of the settlement's dark history.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.

An enchanting rocky island of scraggly baobabs surrounded by an ancient sea and sprawling salt pans.

Wondrous stalactites house thousands of bats in these African caves.

A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.

This striking structure is the Socialist-modernist centerpiece of a former Soviet spa resort.

Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.

Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.

The oldest funicular in Lithuania has been climbing this steep hill since 1931.

Museum deep in the catacombs of St. Michael the Archangel Church is explored by touch, sound, and smell.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.

Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.

These ruins disappear beneath the waves every winter.

The animals wander freely amid this gorgeous stretch of nature.

A unique art center and shop just below a United Nations Checkpoint in central Nicosia.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.