Places etiennebara Wants to Go

A hill carving of the legendary dragon that terrorized the village of Bures in the Middle Ages.

A lumberjack in Finnish Lapland did not want to cut down his Arctic pines, so he offered them up to be adopted by nature-lovers.

The unusual lighthouse looms over waves of prairies with no sea in sight.

The shallow, salty inlet was a safe haven for 19th-century pirates.

A set of 27 bamboo tubes creates an eerie soundscape that changes with the wind.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

China’s breathtaking futuristic library is lined floor to ceiling with fake books.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.

Volcanic activity causes small pools of super-heated mud to boil furiously.

A geological bull's-eye visible from outer space.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

This tiny business claims to be "the smallest pub on the planet."

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

The hottest, driest, and most scenic desert on Earth.

A larger-than-life statue of the German revolutionist stands proud in a small town where he never lived.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.