Places Brett Iredell Wants to Go

You don't have to visit the deep blue sea to see these majestic creatures swimming wild and free.

Hidden within a spa in a Texas strip mall is a restaurant specializing in Eastern European foods.

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

Under the desolate and windswept northern coast of Barbados stands a small oasis filled with sea anemones.

This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.

Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.

Known as the "Valley of the Moon," this Jordanian wadi is one of the most amazing desertscapes on Earth.

This high-Andean reserve protects the graceful vicuña that was nearly hunted to extinction for its precious wool.

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

A historic cemetery filled with quirky faux wood art and unique tombstones.

A 12,000-year-old bog boasting rare plants and fauna.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

This sprawling market is a one-stop shop for traditional Kazakh foods, from mare’s milk to sheep’s head.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

The turquoise-studded skull of a long-dead Aztec man sits within Mexico City’s Museum of Anthropology.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

A macabre anatomy museum tucked within an old Italian hospital.

This unassuming farm complex was once the epicenter of an underground liberation group.

This fascinating and poignant museum chronicles every imaginable aspect of Spanish colonialism in the Americas.