Places jonahying Wants to Go

On a clear afternoon, you can see mountain peaks more than 40 miles away from this clearing in the Pisgah National Forest.

Measuring 100-feet tall, the Gennett Poplar is the second-tallest tree in Georgia.

Social outcasts and cannibalism in Stalin's Soviet Union.

An impactful museum ensures notorious war crimes disguised as "medical experimentation" won't soon be forgotten.

A lake that borders Kazakhstan and Russia allegedly harbors the giant "Terror Trout" or "Chinese Nessie."

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

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

Dinosaur eggs were first discovered at these fiery red cliffs.

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

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.

A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.

Time capsule of a museum, in which the Soviet Union remains alive and kicking.

This famed Silk Road oasis was one of the largest cities in the world before it was destroyed by a Mongol horde.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.