Places lina Wants to Go

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

A canvas of crops grow from vibrant red soil in this terraced farmland.

This quiet area of Yunnan Province annually transforms into an unbelievable sea of yellow flowers.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Dedicated to improving the plight of the rare scaly anteater.

A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

After a short 5 year run, this former major theme park sits in ruin.

An abandoned water park overtaken by the dunes.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.

Mexican food and folk art.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.