Places dbone Wants to Go

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

The beloved war-time celebrity spent time in the area before retiring to the Edinburgh Zoo.

Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.

The site of many battles and tragedies, including the 40 maidens who leapt into the sea.

A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families

Held in a fort that once stood for colonization of the area, this museum now tells the history of its indigenous people.

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.

The largest known meteorite on Earth was too big to move.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

A rustic place to spend the night, complete with amazing quiver trees and outsider art.

Known as "The People's Park," this verdant oasis is home to elephants and villagers alike.

A rare cluster of alien-like plants grows along a dusty highway.

Ten shipwreck-shaped chalets lie along the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

This unassuming farm complex was once the epicenter of an underground liberation group.

This beautiful waterfall is not easy to reach, but offers a stunning view of the pristine green valley.

A giant concrete Brutalist water tower in suburban Johannesburg.

Environmentally crucial raptors like eagles and vultures are kept and protected in this massive sanctuary.

The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.

An ancient impact crater on the outskirts of Pretoria.

Mined to a depth of 240 meters with a perimeter of about 1.6 km, the largest hand-dug excavation in the world.