Places juliaethorn Wants to Go

This Sumatran root bridge took almost 30 years to knit itself together.

Explore a uniquely pristine Borneo forest, now protected by former headhunters turned tour guides.

This natural amphitheatre has been carved over millennia into the layered sedimentary rock of Karijini National Park.

This salt lake was a former mine site and now attracts visitors for its remarkable pink colors.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

An enormous effigy of the goddess of compassion hides within the sanctuary.

Once an imperial lake garden, anyone can now visit this city park.

These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.

A 360-year-old cherry tree grows out of a granite boulder.

Located in a remote mountain valley in Yamagata Prefecture, these hot springs have attracted bathers for over 450 years.

Founded over a thousand years ago, this shrine is said to be built on the site of a warlord's harem prison.

A sacred place for ascetic training, set in a honeycomb-walled cliffside cave deep in the woods.

The ancient remains of this natural fortress can still be found along the Silk Road looking surprisingly preserved.

A lake that borders Kazakhstan and Russia allegedly harbors the giant "Terror Trout" or "Chinese Nessie."

The grassy landscape is home to the world's last truly wild horses.

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

A centuries-old lookout post still sits atop a natural stone spire.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

A hidden paradise in one of Florida’s most unique rivers.

The geomorphology of the Turia Valley could easily be mistaken for Utah or Arizona.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

In 1912, this idyllic Alaska landscape was blown apart in the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.

The world's only above water sand volcano, believed to once be the bathtub of a priest.