Places breaingram Wants to Go

These muddy eruptions are less deadly than actual volcanoes but also more holy.

The second largest reclining Buddha in the world got "lost" for over 120 years.

A precariously perched golden rock defies gravity and brings pilgrims from across Myanmar.

The world's largest reclining Buddha, the Giant Buddha of Mudon.

How often do you find security guards patrolling tropical beaches to protect rare sea turtles from poachers? 

This remote island known for its balancing boulder may have inspired Peter Pan's Neverland.

A Russian museum dedicated to the household staple, the samovar.

Europe's highest peak is a key pillar of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge.

Volcanic irregularity? Odd erosion? Alien eggs? Local legends compete to explain these strange orbs.

Stalin's secret bunker.

Dark, eerie exhibits make for a surreal exploration of the subconscious.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

Inside the world's largest seed bank, WWII botanists elected to starve to death rather than compromise their collection.

Specimens collected by the author of "Lolita" and self-taught lepidopterist are exhibited in his childhood home.

This historic system is the zero level benchmark for measuring the depths and altitudes of the Baltic.

An iconic Russian watch brand inspired by Yuri Gagarin's trip to outer space.

Home of Vissarion, the "Jesus of Siberia."

This remote lake in Siberia supposedly contains a fearsome sea monster.

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

Five mile wide circular ring of rock in the Russian Far East is a curious geological oddity.

Siberian whale bones stand as cairns marking location of an ancient butcher yard.

The world's largest bioluminescent area was undiscovered by science until 2005.

Surrounded by a smudge of dark earth, this isolated volcano sits in stark contrast to the surrounding Sahara.

Massive sinkholes on a mountain in one of the most remote places in Venezuela.