Places Shastified Wants to Go

The frozen treats at this Cape Town parlor are inspired by Africa's food cultures.

This historic observatory was established to keep shipwrecks from littering the Cape of Good Hope.

A former fortified tower now houses a collection of classic communications equipment.

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

Turkish adventurer antiques in the heart of the Grand Bazaar.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This unique museum doesn't shy away from highlighting Qatar's role in the history of slavery.

The shallow, salty inlet was a safe haven for 19th-century pirates.

The building is a gigantic piece of art inspired by the shape of a desert rose.

Some 20,000 dust-covered unwanted vehicles languish in the desert.

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.

This former coal mine has been turned into a sprawling modern art complex.

Five mile wide circular ring of rock in the Russian Far East is a curious geological oddity.

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.

Contrary to what one might expect, ice forms inside this small cavern during the summer and melts during the winter.

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

The frozen bubbles that form on the icy surface of this Canadian lake contain enough methane to create a small explosion.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

A small Montana town commemorates the dog who waited at the train station every day for his owner to return.