Places Sablais Wants to Go

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

A complex and beautiful system of rice terraces covers a million acres over the mountains.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.

This hilltop warren of monastic dwellings is the result of centuries worth of Mongol attacks.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

A precariously perched golden rock defies gravity and brings pilgrims from across Myanmar.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

Europe's largest natural bridge has a 19th century royal chateau built into its side.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.