Places mercerv Wants to Go

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

This Vietnamese bar doubles as a multistory labyrinth.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.

Come for the chanting, stay for the monastical vegan buffet.

Cartoon clouds and nature-inspired murals have transformed the streets of Kuala Lumpur.

A delightful architectural wonder awaits on a lake island in Kuala Lumpur’s oldest park.

One of the largest caverns in the world has a maw large enough to stack cathedrals in.

These jagged limestone blades cut out through the canopy of the jungles of Borneo.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.

When the sun sets, the customers arrive—but they’re not human.

A narrow, serpentine spit of sand is constantly eroded and rebuilt by competing currents.

The world's seventh-largest coral reef contains an incredible amount of biodiversity.

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

This quaint teahouse was founded in 1846 as a samurai’s failed attempt to avenge his brother

One of the world’s few undersea pedestrian tunnels connects Honshu and Kyushu islands.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.