Places bristlecone Wants to Go

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

The Australian lorikeets that like to tie one on in an annual drinking binge.

These Australian rock formations look like Martian beehives that have grown up out of the landscape.

Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.

A sparkling sandstone cliffside that's worth a visit while it still exists.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

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

A former bastion of Rajput chivalry, this massive hill fort is the site of legend and tragedy.

This otherworldly palace-mausoleum complex is the stuff eternal dreams are made of.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

This cascade of mineral-rich hot springs and waterfalls is an oasis in the Jordanian desert.

Thousand-year-old trees tower within one of the world's only inland temperate rainforests.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

Huge spherical rocks in the middle of the prairie.