Places eosstar Wants to Go

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

A charming flea market shop dedicated to retrofuturistic apparati.

Collection of antique taxidermy and natural specimens, near one of Paris's oldest flea markets.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

One woman's decades-long obsession with the "La Fée Verte."

Come stay at a live-in art installation.

A mecca for India's Jains.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

One of the most extreme deserts in the world, these snow-free valleys harbor life, despite the hostile environment.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

Mount Nyiragongo has erupted at least 34 times since 1882 and is home to the world's largest lava lake.

Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

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

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."

A unique underground structure dating back to the 1st century BC.

A scientific repository of goiters, boils and other ailments throughout Mexican history.

A fiery-red region of scooped out land still largely untouched by civilization, tourists or otherwise.