Places gazellegolden Wants to Go

An abandoned lighthouse off the beaten path, one of the few surviving pre-World War II Japanese structures, offers a beautiful view.

A gorgeous gem on the ocean.

Where hundreds of Japanese civilians committed suicide to avoid being captured by American soldiers during WWII.

This abandoned radar site is slowly being taken back by the jungle, its mission cut short by the end of the Cold War.

The pits used to load the nuclear bombs onto the aircraft that dropped them over Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.

Once a popular hangout spot this huge mall was left to ruin after economic crash.

It's estimated that half of the world's gold was mined from South Africa's "golden arc."

This museum is dedicated to one of Russia's greatest explorers.

According to myth, there's a bloody explanation for the beautiful bright red color of this rock formation set amidst alpine vegetation.

An outstanding piece of retro Sci-Fi architecture built into a sacred mountain.

A cheeky tribute to a comedy legend.

A collection of over 100 statues of people who fought for the freedom of South Africa.

The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.

Suspended from this brewery’s tasting room ceiling is a full-sized fin whale skeleton.

The largest aviary in Southeast Asia is a green haven in the heart of the city.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

At certain times in the fall and winter, the sunlight makes this natural sandstone arch glow.

A planet-hunting astrograph built in the 1920s to seek out the so-called "Planet X" beyond Uranus.

These elusive, isolated rodents evolved into a distinct, locally iconic subspecies.

When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.

One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.

The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.