Places simonele Wants to Go

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

A precariously perched golden rock defies gravity and brings pilgrims from across Myanmar.

A Christian monastery stands on what was once a holy Incan temple.

The sophisticated hydraulic system of the Nazca civilization.

Just outside of Jordan's capital lies an ancient castle and intriguing caves dating back to the Copper Age.

Only gap in the 30,000-mile span of roads called the Pan-American Highway.

Known as the site of 'El Dorado,' this mysterious lake is rumored to hold gold beneath its waters.

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

Ten shipwreck-shaped chalets lie along the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.