Places sophiestjacques Wants to Go

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.

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

Hundreds of painted rocks dazzle this small beach where adding your own is encouraged.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.

A stone troll guards the hike that leads to this waterfall.

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

Hundreds of pelicans call this island no larger than a car their home during the summer months.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

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