Places emiliejayne Wants to Go

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

A Swiss man built this airstrip for aliens because a UFO captain telepathically told him to.

A vibrant street away from the typical tourist track, lined with colorful, mosaic-covered houses.

One man's quest to collect artifacts from every aspect of human life has resulted in this eclectic Argentinian museum.

This giant power line tower is a robot that can express its moods in neon.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.

Once swallowed by flood waters, this village has emerged as an eerie shadow of its former self.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

These barriers stand as stark reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past.

This abandoned lock-up was saved because of its connection to a local football team.

A Neolithic tomb hidden among a spectacular boulder-strewn stretch of coast.

It was once nicknamed "the most bombed hotel in Europe."

In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.

This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.

The biologist's fossilized headstone was meant to reflect his love of nature. Its, ahem, unusual shape is probably just a coincidence.

These medieval monastery ruins are surprisingly overlooked by most tourists.

What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.

The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.

The violinist who played on as the Titanic sank is buried in this quiet English cemetery.

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.

This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.