Places catand Wants to Go

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

The world's longest known cave system.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

Natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

The true jewel of Africa's west coast known as "Africa's Last Eden."

Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 feet.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.