Places MikeInSanFrancisco Wants to Go

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

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

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

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

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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