Places maranako Wants to Go

Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

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

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

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

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.