Places simonele Wants to Go

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

Bring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

An isolated village literally built into the crevices and rock formations of a mountain.

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."