Places eosstar Wants to Go

A remarkable geological formation resembling a forest made of stone.

A tunnel dug through the side of a mountain by hand provides convenient yet death-defying access to a small village in China.

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.

Become a prohibition rebel.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

A grand example of 19th century Burmese teak architecture, and the most significant of Mandalay's historic buildings.

Now a pile of ruins and rubble, this was a lovely mountain town as recently as 1960.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

Cliffside houses provide a spectacular view from their perch above the valley.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

In memory of The Blur Building, the temporary exhibition pavilion of vaporous nothingness.

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.

Stunning views over Ontario's old-growth pine forests.

Sculptures of religious figures made from the ashes of pilgrims' incense.

Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.

A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

The largest collection of death masks in Ukraine.

An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

A 12th-century Italian skirmish gets reenacted with 500,000 pounds of flying citrus.