Places ridgleakatherine Wants to Go

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.

The shortest in the world, this landing strip stretches a mere 1,312 feet before steep cliffs on either end plunge into the Caribbean.

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

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

A stone circle on the slopes of a Caribbean volcano commemorates the leader of an anti-slavery uprising.

Legend says those who drink from this trickle of water are destined to return to Montserrat.

A city continually buried under the ash of a volcano that has been erupting for more than 15 years.

A hotly contested micro-nation off the coast of Montserrat.

Small church built in the 19th century for whites and slaves to worship together.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

Rare signs of the former Soviet Union in the Caribbean, though not where you'd expect them.

A gallery of underwater art that can be visited by man and fish alike.

A violent name for a violent volcano.

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

Starting with nothing more than discarded conch shells, one man has built an island/bar that would make Jimmy Buffet jealous.

Fascination continues to surround one of history's most infamous shipwrecks.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.