Places cathm Wants to Go

A grueling 699-step stairway to a heavenly view of the island of Saint Helena.

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

Home to 800-year-old zen basin, a 400-year-old pilgrim’s path, and a century-old industrial grotto.

A charming Amazigh village carved into a mountaintop.

Kuala Lumpur’s historic single-screen cinema, transformed into a labyrinthine bookstore.

These oddly shaped pink granite formations got their name after being mistaken for massive piles of hay.

The best-preserved beehive tombs in Oman with spectacular backdrop.

This haunting monument honors the victims of 9/11.

The world's first fully-fenced urban ecosanctuary is a haven for New Zealand's rare and endangered species.

Also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, this is one of the world's largest and oldest mosques.

This steaming, yellow-tinged landscape is filled with sulfur-encrusted volcanic vents.

The tallest mud-brick structure in the world has been standing since the 1500s.

Al Rahmah Mosque appears to "float" atop the Red Sea.

The 650 red and white Japanese plum trees of this Tokyo neighborhood blossom each spring.

This "witch's market" is filled with Amazonian herbs, remedies, and the occasional libido-strengthening tincture.

The biggest cave system in the Arabian Peninsula is home to a rare variety of blind fish.

This uniquely shaped slab of volcanic rock has been used by generations of Antarctic explorers.

This pier made of ice and constructed over the Antarctic winter is used when the resupply cargo ships arrive in summer.

Step aboard the first ship to circumnavigate North America.

A ghostly mansion in the middle of downtown Tunis.

Memorial to the 89 children killed during the NATO bombing of Serbia.

A peninsula on a peninsula that becomes an island at high tide.

This remote site in the Australian Outback is where the British government conducted atomic bomb tests in the 1950s.

Prowl through this sprawling bazaar under a massive Soviet-era dome for delicious eats.