Places emmycate Wants to Go

A Soviet-era health spa complete with radioactive bathing and shock therapy.

The Pamir Highway between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan takes a mere hour driving through a stretch of No Man’s Land.

A bizarre collection of gifts to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il from the despots of the world.

The grassy landscape is home to the world's last truly wild horses.

The world's seventh-largest coral reef contains an incredible amount of biodiversity.

Fine dining 20 feet below the surface in the Indian Ocean.

An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

On the shores of Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Lake, a family cooks a feast that tells the sad tale of a people's exile.

Time capsule of a museum, in which the Soviet Union remains alive and kicking.

This peculiar lake of pitch is so thick and viscous that one can walk on its surface.

A 220-foot deep watery drop-off, filled with marine life.

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

An unexpected must-see for fans of Star Wars who find themselves on the beautiful island of Sint Maarten.

Come for the springs; stay for the mud bath.

The larger of two volcanic peaks rising out of the crystalline waters of the Caribbean.

Starting with nothing more than discarded conch shells, one man has built an island/bar that would make Jimmy Buffet jealous.

A natural tidal swimming pool is ringed by bizarrely artistic lava rock formations.

Safely view the Soufrière Hills volcano, which has been erupting since 1995.

Legend says those who drink from this trickle of water are destined to return to Montserrat.

A city continually buried under the ash of a volcano that has been erupting for more than 15 years.

The cell which saved the life of Ludger Sylbaris, "the man who lived through Doomsday."

A gallery of underwater art that can be visited by man and fish alike.

This granite mountain is the largest rock in Africa and the second-largest monolith in the world.