Places nickelcurry Wants to Go

A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.

This protected area in Lake Huron contains some of the world’s best-preserved shipwrecks.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

The world's largest aggregation of great white sharks is at a mysterious spot in the middle of the ocean.

The Arctic Circle runs through this isolated spot north of Iceland.

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.

One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

A remarkable lifelong collection of antiques and art preserved in a historic Melbourne townhouse.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

A traditional U-Bahn station in Berlin gets a string of rather untraditional benches.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

A long-disputed island that Denmark and Canada claim by periodically alternating flags and bottles of liquor.

Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.

An annual two-week festival near the city of Riyadh when Saudis let their hair down.

A mostly desolate bar on a remote island hosts hundreds of sailors for a few days each year.

A crystal clear beach surrounded by beautiful coral reefs.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.