Places iellwen Wants to Go

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.

One of the largest caverns in the world has a maw large enough to stack cathedrals in.

The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Museum on earth sciences featuring a recreation of a famous curiosity cabinet.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

The world's longest known cave system.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.