Places jfkartunen Wants to Go

British Empire's last territorial expansion, claimed by four countries.

Would you dare to dangle from a great height in a wooden basket?

Enchanting cave with a river crashing through the roof.

Scattered ruins and a tiny cemetery are all that remain of a failed attempt to colonize the inhospitable Desolate Islands.

The largest piece of no man's land left on Earth.

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

Finding the exact middle of a giant land mass is hard to determine, but this spot managed to do the trick.

This supermarket in Shanghai appears to be a typical Chinese convenience store, but all of the bottles are empty and all the containers are filled with nothing but air.

Buy your fish and have it cooked to order in this bustling, eight-floor seafood market.

This sprawling market is a one-stop shop for traditional Kazakh foods, from mare’s milk to sheep’s head.

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

The grassy landscape is home to the world's last truly wild horses.

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

The maze-like transportation hub contains abandoned areas, derelict stores, and a resident bat colony.

Alaska Natives have lived on this tiny isolated island in the Bering Strait for over 5,000 years.

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

A dormant lightning machine equal to all the power in Russia.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

These Finnish rapids have been attracting tourists for over a hundred years and are now released with the push of a button.