Places happygrim Wants to Go

After serving in Vietnam, Korea, and even a stint in the Turkish navy, the unique ship is now open as a museum.

Two islands just 4 km apart separated by an International Border and Date Line.

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.

Jurassic theme park in the small town of Erlian.

Dinosaur eggs were first discovered at these fiery red cliffs.

A jagged silhouette of shamanistic stone heaps rises from the shore of this dazzling mile-high lake.

History, geography, and shamanism meet in this eye-catching monument to the greatness of three empires.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

Thousands of artifacts tell Mongolia's military history, from the Bronze Age to the present.

An exceptional assortment of fossils recovered from private collections.

This disputed mass of ice is home to the highest battleground on Earth.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

Wondrous stalactites house thousands of bats in these African caves.

The historic cave is both a symbol of superstition and black magic and inspired one of the early Christian converts in Botswana.

This trio of bronze giants celebrate the influential trip to Britain that led to Botswana's independence.

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

The Earth's saltiest natural body of water belches toxic gas.

Supposedly this Ethiopian chapel holds the Ark of the Covenant, guarded by virgins who cannot leave the building.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.

An ocean in the making, in the Ethiopian desert.

The skeletal remains of the famous hominid "Lucy" were found at this spot.

This rare volcano spews the strangest and (literally) coolest lava in the world.