Places Samir S. Patel Wants to Go

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

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

Largest sub-glacial lake ever discovered.

One of the deepest indoor swimming pools in the world.

Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.

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

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.

One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

Scientists use one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth as a terrestrial base for studying water on Mars.

This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.

The ruins of this Dutch castle sit atop a labyrinth of once-secret tunnels and passageways, dating back over 900 years.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

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

One of the most remarkable caves in all of Iceland was created by a once raging river of lava.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.