Places morganechopin38 Wants to Go

This popular tourist cave was ignored for almost 200 years before being mined into an attraction.

One of the last members of the Byzantine Empire's last ruling dynasty is buried in the far-off soil of Barbados.

A flower grows on this giant stone that is said be able to control minds.

This historic hiding place, often used by people escaping slavery, is a testament to a heroic struggle for freedom.

The hike to this stunning waterfall on a black sand beach is not for the faint of heart.

This mountaintop lake bubbles and steams in a perpetual boil, thanks to its direct link to the Earth's interior.

Thermal springs underneath the seabed provide the heat and bubbles for these beachside natural hot tubs.

This large stone off the coast of Martinique had a brief career in the Royal Navy.

Come for the springs; stay for the mud bath.

The larger of two volcanic peaks rising out of the crystalline waters of the Caribbean.

A natural tidal swimming pool is ringed by bizarrely artistic lava rock formations.

Looking like nothing more than a cartoon deserted island, this tiny sandbar is home only to a single umbrella.

A violent name for a violent volcano.

This lake with an inactive volcano underneath is often said to be bottomless.

The site of a devastating modern-day mud volcano eruption that buried parts of a village.

This peculiar lake of pitch is so thick and viscous that one can walk on its surface.

The remains of a doomed Antarctic plane, buried beneath layers of ice and snow, await those willing to do a bit of digging.

These giant volcano sponges in Antarctica are thought to be the world's oldest living animal, at 15,000 years old.

A vertical tube that allows you to see what's going on underneath the Antarctic sea ice.

Quite possibly the most isolated bus stop on Earth.

This pier made of ice and constructed over the Antarctic winter is used when the resupply cargo ships arrive in summer.

On a desolate hill overlooking McMurdo Station, a statue of the Virgin Mary stands inside a curved iron frame.

This uniquely shaped slab of volcanic rock has been used by generations of Antarctic explorers.

Southern Ocean waters and glacial forces transform the Antarctic ice into these stunning bridges and caves.