Places Louis-Philippe Loncke Wants to Go

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

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

Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.

This sculpture pays homage to sailors that perished attempting to round Cape Horn.

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

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

One of the most accessible undersea plane wrecks in the world.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

These unique and ever-changing caves are a wonder of Iceland.

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

Climbing Iceland's highest peak on the rim of the Oræfajökull volcano.

The Arctic Circle runs through this isolated spot north of Iceland.

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.