Places marksuz Wants to Go

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

Three million year old fossils are exposed for all to see on this Icelandic shore.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

Hidden within a Netherlands crater is a stone bed that lets those who lie in it see the sky as a curved surface.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.

The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.