Places Joshua Foer Wants to Go

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.

The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.

The cell which saved the life of Ludger Sylbaris, "the man who lived through Doomsday."

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

One of the world's largest salt caves is filled with fragile salt sculptures, salt rivers, and huge salt megadomes.