Places easydistance Wants to Go

A subterranean Holocaust refuge within one of the world's longest cave systems.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

The largest tiger reserve in India is a vast expanse dotted with ancient ruins of Nagarjuna Viswa Vidyalayam.

An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

The best-preserved Roman small town in North Africa.

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

The ruins of an ancient Mayan city, beautifully preserved and only accessible by boat.

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

The once great capital of Egypt now crumbles forward as evocative ruins.

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.