Places Lesleylovestea Wants to Go

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families

Mosaics, storks, and brothels—this ancient city has it all.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

The hottest place on the planet.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

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

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.