Places Claudia Geib Wants to Go

The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

Prehistoric park filled with the fossils of dozens of extinct species including Australian megafauna.

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.

WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.

White cockroaches and other cave species occupy this massive series of lava tubes.

After much poking and prodding, this island is decidedly not a magnetic anomaly, but it sure is pretty.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

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

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

On La Gomera, "Silbadors" communicate in a 4,000-word language of whistles.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

The stunning remnants of this wreck emerge from an otherworldly backdrop of rainforests.