Places Sputnicktatorship Wants to Go

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

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

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

After a traumatic encounter with a six-foot eel, one Galway baker started making a daily loaf of sourdough in its shape.

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

Secret Swing.

Accessible only by train, the beauty of Agawa Canyon Wilderness Park is worth the journey.

Known as the "Kissing Bridge" for its privacy, it also happens to be the last covered bridge in Ontario.

This half-ton piece of the Alps sits at the base of the CN Tower.

One of the last remaining covered bridges in the province of Ontario.

Profile of a sleeping person four kilometers long in 250-meter-high cliffs.

Thanks to its curved shape, this incredibly durable dam "whispers" to visitors.

Lake within a lake.

This quaint museum taps into the sweet history of the maple syrup industry.

A mysterious lake provides fresh water without any source, somehow restoring itself from atop its mountaintop perch.

A boardwalk winds above this beautiful bog full of wildlife and a rare type of turtle.

Stunning views over Ontario's old-growth pine forests.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

A neutrino detector built into the largest man-made underground cavity in the world.

Canada's oldest sugar maple has been growing since around 1500.