Places novalinne Wants to Go

Eritrea's futuristic gas station is a nod to Italy's fascist history.

Iguanas roam in a lagoon inside a volcanic crater that erupted more than 2200 years ago.

Padre Delgado, a leader in the fight for Salvadoran independence, is buried in this stunning Brutalist cathedral.

This color-changing crater lake in El Salvador is occasionally impenetrable to sunlight.

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.

One of the last refuges of the endangered eastern lowland gorilla.

The world's only facility where orphaned mountain gorillas are cared for.

The most biologically diverse protected area in Africa is also the most dangerous.

This picturesque round lake is said to be home to the legendary Mokèlé-mbèmbé.

Legend says this remote, “bottomless” lake was created by a curse.

This moss-covered, rocky outcropping looks like a mythical beast resting in the water.

These natural wonders have taken millennia to form into the stunning marvels they are today.

Camels and crocodiles share the black waters of this stunning Saharan oasis.

The "Versailles of the Jungle" built by a dictator is now a decaying shadow of its hubristic grandeur.

Once a bustling fishing village and trading post, today these Cape Verde ruins provide a home only for seabirds and turtles.

Rolling sand dunes of the Sahara... in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

This ship carrying cargo and four church bells for the Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida ran aground in 1968.

An incredibly salty lake inside the crater of an extinct volcano.

This beautiful eden was once the vacation home of Tahitian royals before Marlon Brando bought it.

At the foot of an active volcano sits a church miraculously spared by its lava.