Places megamaam Wants to Go

A boat ride through utter darkness, lit only by headlamps, reveals an emerald green pool locals believe is sacred.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

An ancient jungle temple carved into a rocky overhang of the Dane Soung Plateau.

Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

Trash-filled shrines to an unofficial saint known for her endless breast milk dot the highways of Argentina.

Bible stories are brought to life with gloriously cartoonish kitsch in this South American theme park.

Visit this odd display of indigenous style in Argentine wine country.

Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.

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.

Russian spa's bronze monument to enemas.

A curated museum of wooden sculptures inhabits this Russian home.

A tiny park off the beaten path covered in ingenious scrap metal sculptures.

The composer did some of his finest work in this country home, including "The Nutcracker."

This cuddly rodent has a place of honor at a Russian institute for genetic research.

This Russian museum stresses the importance of keeping clean and even holds one of Pavlov's dogs.

This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.

This iconic Russian space museum sits on a landmark space production facility and houses the Vostok 1, the first manned spacecraft, that was also built here.

The world's first museum dedicated to the work of game-changing naturalist Charles Darwin.

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.