Places DuncanGibson Wants to Go

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.

A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami.

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.

This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

A fernery hidden by neglect is uncovered, and an ancient specimen along with it.

The historic tower houses of this nearly abandoned Greek town have been compared to the spikes on an iguana's back.

An archive of nearly every day of Buckminster Fuller's life.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.