Places Sasspants Wants to Go

Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

A colorful Peruvian city of the dead.

This Peruvian bone silo lined with hanging human skeletons and hundreds of skulls is topped with a remarkable Michelangelo replica.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

This is why we can't have nice things on the Incan Trail.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.