Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

A desert island with both a buried treasure and a famous castaway.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

The cafe that acts as the social hub for the small volcanic island of HMS Bounty fame.

The oceanic dumping ground where spaceships go to die.

Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.

French scientists make up the majority of the few humans to occupy this remote island in the extreme southern Indian Ocean.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

The former estate of the Guggenheims, part of the opulent Gold Coast that inspired the Great Gatsby.

The oldest landmark of Toronto is a testament to shifting sands.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.

Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.

The discovery site of the "Capitalsaurus," the official dinosaur of Washington, D.C.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.