Places emmycate Wants to Go

The oldest café in Montevideo preserves its history as the city's bohemian hub.

This former shopping center now acts as the eccentric lair of the Venezuelan secret police and their shadow prison.

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

Megapodes incubate their eggs using the heat of an active volcano on this Pacific isle.

The U.S. military dumped millions dollars worth of goods off a beach in Vanuatu, purely to spite the British and French.

This cruise ship-turned-warship sank during World War II, and is now a world-renowned dive site.

The fully functional, submerged Vanuatu Post Office is definitely one of a kind.

With only one flight in and out a week, the unfenced runway at this small island's airport transforms into a seaside park for locals and visitors.

Underwater volcanic eruption forms new island off the coast of Tonga.

The cafe that acts as the social hub for the small volcanic island of HMS Bounty fame.

Pristine natural wonders and unique cultural diversity, way off the beaten path.

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.

The best place to encounter plants and animals that can only be found in New Caledonia.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

The birthplace of both the Atomic Age and Godzilla, and the namesake of the bathing suit.

This beautiful eden was once the vacation home of Tahitian royals before Marlon Brando bought it.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

This authentic Fijian restaurant helps farmers and fishermen recover from natural disaster.

Recently revamped museum of Fijian history located within a gorgeous colonial-era garden.

A museum now occupies the mansion in Samoa where the prolific Scottish writer chose to spend the last years of his life.

The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.

Rocky cove with large smashing waves tied to an important Samoan cultural story.

A local train station entrance hall doubles as a sanctuary for barn swallows.

Walk down these stairs to get an underwater view of Switzerland's Lake Zug.