Places eosstar Wants to Go

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

Everything from a plane to your own two feet are needed to reach this jungle resort.

Last stop before the top of the highest peak in the world.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

A cliff-hanging restaurant.

Gigantic unfinished stupa and the world's 2nd largest bell.

Malaysian fireflies create a dazzling display as thousands light up in unison.

Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."

A complex and beautiful system of rice terraces covers a million acres over the mountains.

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

A lake in the middle of the tundra of Quebec is said to be the purest freshwater lake on Earth.

A centuries-old fortress city lies in ruin.

Remote Honduran Islands with a colorful history.

Submerged ruins of a Neolithic coastal settlement, where houses, wells, graves and skeletons have been unearthed.

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.