Places christacarroll Wants to Go

Nature’s skyscraper launches out of the terrain with attitude.

The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.

Looking like nothing more than a cartoon deserted island, this tiny sandbar is home only to a single umbrella.

A natural tidal swimming pool is ringed by bizarrely artistic lava rock formations.

A hiking/biking/exploring trail that winds across over 140 miles of Rwandan shoreline.

A staggering number of rock carvings in an abandoned quarry.

Climb down into the largest sinkhole in Qatar.

These spectacular ruins were built by Spanish padres in the 17th century.

An underexplored, 130-foot tropical waterfall that you will have all to yourself.

Amazingly, this centuries-old wooden monastery is still standing today.

This magnificent white pagoda was constructed to resemble a sacred Buddhist mountain.

Luxurious devotion and 500,000 images of Buddha in Myanmar.

Caves full of Buddhist statues, incredible rock formations and a deserted lagoon.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

Gigantic unfinished stupa and the world's 2nd largest bell.

This unique temple complex remains off the typical tourist trail.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

The “Thumb” of Mauritius provides a 360 degree view of the entire country.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.

These temples are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.

This 50-foot-deep sinkhole created in the 14th century is home to rare plants and fungi.

The remains of a 1st-century aristocratic Roman town house featuring beautiful well-preserved mosaics.