Places sallylongstaff Wants to Go

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

This deceptively beautiful island was once home to a German concentration camp and known as "Death Island."

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

Hitch a boat ride to dine on stilts while watching wildlife.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

A rare cluster of alien-like plants grows along a dusty highway.

A rustic place to spend the night, complete with amazing quiver trees and outsider art.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

The largest known meteorite on Earth was too big to move.

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

Tracks of ceratosaurus and Coelophysis rhodesiensis tracks can be found fossilized in the sandstone near Mt. Etjo.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

A public display of prehistoric space rocks is named for the Namibian village where they were found.

Held in a fort that once stood for colonization of the area, this museum now tells the history of its indigenous people.

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.

An on-site urban farm and fish pond supply some of the produce for this upscale restaurant.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The largest Neolithic ruins in the world hide a notably clean prehistoric metropolis.

This subterranean studio is filled with fascinating kinetic art.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.