Places scoub Wants to Go

The inky volcanic sand leads to reefs teeming with aquatic life waiting to be discovered by snorkelers and divers.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

Wellington’s longest, fastest, and steepest slide offers incredible views of New Zealand's capital.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

Sharks, stingrays, and turtles swim in the pools at this former elementary school.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

Marvel at the world's largest collection of jellyfish, including more than 10,000 undulating moon jellies.

Go deep on these fascinating fish, and get a bonus lesson on the importance of marine conservation.

Europe's largest river aquarium features freshwater species from around the world.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

The world's seventh-largest coral reef contains an incredible amount of biodiversity.

This research hub in the Amazon Rainforest is perched amid one of the world's most biologically diverse landscapes.

This beachside town is home to a diverse nature reserve, multiple cays, and one of the three bioluminescent bays in Puerto Rico.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

Explore the flooded remains of a limestone mine in Kentucky.

This underwater cave in Madagascar is home to what is thought to be the country's largest fossil graveyard.

An unassuming museum offers a deep dive into everything about mushrooms, from cultivation innovations to fungi that "talk."

The world's only underwater laboratory where "aquanauts" study oceanic life.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

Swim or sail to this pie-slinging boat off the coast of St. Thomas.

Pickles belong on pizza and this freewheeling outpost proves it.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.