Places etiennebara Wants to Go

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

The tallest statue in the world is twice the height of the Statue of Liberty.

This belfry is all that remains of the town that was buried by a violent volcano eruption.

Home to pygmy hunter-gatherers, hundreds of animal and bird species, and the strange okapi, or forest giraffe.

This spot along the 23.5 degree north parallel marks the northern boundary of the tropics.

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."

This species of wild goat stars in witchy legends and frolics among the park's eerie rock formations.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

Mysterious Incan ruins on a tiny island in Lake Titicaca.

A paradisical gorge with rapids, waterfalls, and wildlife whose raw beauty is the stuff of CGI movies.

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.

Climb atop one of the world's longest and heaviest trains for an unbelievable journey across the Sahara Desert.

These rustic holiday homes are made from discarded fishing boat hulls.

Arguing within this idyllic, circular volcanic lake is forbidden.

More than 100 Hindu temples are slowly being swallowed by the forest.

Rusted cars, trucks, and buses form a fascinating collection of Soviet-era machinery.

The most remote tree in the world is more than 170 miles from its nearest neighbor.

This tiny, tranquil Senegalese island serves as a powerful symbol of the Atlantic slave trade.

The largest madrasa in Morocco once housed more than 900 students within its exquisite walls.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

Dakar is home to one of the oldest African art institutions in West Africa.

One of the cave cities of Crimea, built by the Goths in the sixth century.

One of the longest natural sand beaches in the world.

A forest park outside Tallinn full of architectural and artistic curiosities.