An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.

This remote stretch of sand is a penguin lover's paradise.

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

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

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

The fully functional, submerged Vanuatu Post Office is definitely one of a kind.

With only one flight in and out a week, the unfenced runway at this small island's airport transforms into a seaside park for locals and visitors.

Underwater volcanic eruption forms new island off the coast of Tonga.

The ship that got left behind.

The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.

The cafe that acts as the social hub for the small volcanic island of HMS Bounty fame.

Two World War II aircraft lie within the jungle around this abandoned runway.

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

The best place to encounter plants and animals that can only be found in New Caledonia.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

Recently revamped museum of Fijian history located within a gorgeous colonial-era garden.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

Rocky cove with large smashing waves tied to an important Samoan cultural story.