Places Samir S. Patel Wants to Go

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

Two ancient Buddhist temples crown this dramatic rocky pinnacle.

The bridges portrayed on EU currency aren't fictional anymore.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.

Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.

This army of concretions is an unexplained geological phenomenon unlike anything else in the world.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

It may seem a little out of place in a tiny village, but the inspiring story of its creation made headlines.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

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

This battery powered bell has been ringing since 1840 and is one of the worlds longest running science experiments.

Brace yourself for the slowest, scariest, most spectacular drive, down the Drakensberg Escarpment.

Built in a perfect square, this archaeological site is one of the largest and best preserved ancient fortifications in India.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

The Uyghur settlement in the middle of a lake continues to raise questions.

An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

The relics of dozens of martyrs are stored in a single chapel.