Places dswalsh7 Wants to Go

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

A 1,500-year-old, 3-story subterranean city where ancient Persians took refuge in times of war.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

An underground city of salt.

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.

A remote forest of stone pillars along the Lena river.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

Little island known for its massive beachfront "flowerpot" pillars.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.