Places DE Wants to Go

A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

This sacred cave temple is home to thousands of bats and according to legend, a giant snake king.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

A Balinese resort, empty and trapped in time.

Two World War II aircraft lie within the jungle around this abandoned runway.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

A real-life "hobbit" cave in Flores, Indonesia.

These sacred totem houses connect the Fatakulu people with the spirits of their ancestors.

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.

This pair of Australian "waterfalls" appear to be falling straight across the land.

Thousands of lawn gnomes have infested this Australian roundabout.

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

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

The tallest sea cliffs on the Southern Hemisphere are a climber's worst nightmare.

The abandoned remains of a once popular zoo, and the grave of the last known Tasmanian Tiger.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

Rainforest filled with record-holding eucalyptus.

A huge maze complex and whimsical miniature village in Tasmania.

The largest wax museum in the southern hemisphere features a grizzly chamber of horrors.

This rickety old shed hides a trove of secondhand literary treasures.