Places jcommerford Wants to Go

A symbol of friendship between the mountainous regions of Switzerland and Bhutan.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

World's most expensive home.

One of the tallest mountains in India was closed for years after a botched CIA mission.

Described as "the world's most blinging pool."

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

Berlin's old airport.

Come stay at a live-in art installation.

Considered the most remote point in the entire world.

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

The world's widest single drop waterfall, and the two men who legend says went over its edge in a boat.

This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.

One of the deepest blue holes in the world.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

Only gap in the 30,000-mile span of roads called the Pan-American Highway.

Remote Honduran Islands with a colorful history.