Places gazellegolden Wants to Go

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

The most biologically diverse protected area in Africa is also the most dangerous.

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

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

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

Where the White Nile River dramatically cascades between Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert in Uganda.

The memorial honors the lives of rhinoceroses killed by poachers.

This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.

This Viking-inspired miniature golf course features a pirate ship and views of Icelandic landscapes.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

A stunning architectural yet functional feat, towering over Oslo.

This handsomely carved wooden church is more than 800 years old.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.