Places Sputnicktatorship Wants to Go

This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."

Luxurious devotion and 500,000 images of Buddha in Myanmar.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

Caves full of Buddhist statues, incredible rock formations and a deserted lagoon.

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

Gigantic unfinished stupa and the world's 2nd largest bell.

A grand imperial capital left to fall into magnificent ruin.

This unique temple complex remains off the typical tourist trail.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.

A beautiful, but toxic, lake formed by mining.

Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.

Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

A stray meteor left this picturesque hole in the Australian outback.

A clear example of the process of erosion in action.

The labyrinthine storm tunnels beneath the city of Melbourne are ruled by a band of urban explorers.

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

The unique ecosystem atop an Australian mountain is home to some colorful inhabitants.

Australia's largest traditional hedge maze features a Great Gnome Hunt.

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.