Places simonele Wants to Go

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

A jungle cave in Peru of unknown depths, otherworldly sounds, and strange nocturnal birds that navigate by echolocation.

One of the most remote lodges in the Amazon offers rare wildlife encounters and undisturbed views of the Peruvian rainforest.

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

Ain't no party like a ghost town party.

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

With nearly double the depth of the Grand Canyon, this Peruvian canyon is one of the deepest in the world.

An old church full of restored Catholic statues is a makeup artist's labor of love.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

The tower claims to be the world's only pagoda made entirely from Myanmar's lucrative gemstone.

An exotic jungle hideaway run entirely by indigenous Kichwa women.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.

At 705 feet high, Brazil's "House of Stone" is the largest cave mouth in the world.

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

"Alleys of Stone" form natural mazes in Spanish natural park.

The world's largest wooden structure.

Locals visit this abandoned train tunnel where a man took his own life to ask favors of his spirit.

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

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

The potters' quarter is packed with artists sculpting clay gods with mud from the sacred Ganges river.