Places mojavenc Wants to Go

China's very own Atlantis is an ornate dynastic city resting at the bottom of a lake.

These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

270 million year-old forest of stone.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

This pre-Hispanic apartment complex also includes ancestral paintings that point to its military past.

A striking depiction of Teotihuacan's mysterious "Spider Woman."

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.

Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.

Originally planted by the ancient Carthaginians, this sprawling palm grove is one of the largest in the world.

This Michelin-starred restaurant sheds light on a rare period of cultural and culinary tolerance in Cordoba’s past.