Places goldelinemydear Wants to Go

In the right conditions a wall of water up to five feet tall flows upstream against the current on the River Trent.

Nature's water park in the Wadi Bani Awf valley is full of pools flanked with cliffs and natural water slides.

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.

This Wild West attraction is probably more fiction than history, but that doesn't mean it's not awesome.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

This whimsically named Vietnamese stream is closer to a walkway than a waterway.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

This isthmus in the Bahamas narrowly separates the roiling Atlantic from the cool Bight of Eleuthera.

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

Inhospitable caverns just beneath this island paradise offer insights into alien worlds.

A full-scale sculpture of a mermaid and baby grand piano hidden underwater by David Copperfield.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.