Places starlightlane Wants to Go

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Dine inside a giant caterpillar at this community-run eatery.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

Now home to nothing but a weather station and a landing strip, a group of enslaved people were marooned on this tiny island for 15 years.

French scientists make up the majority of the few humans to occupy this remote island in the extreme southern Indian Ocean.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

Qatar's oldest market can trace its origins back more than a century.

A mesmerizing wonderland of salt-encrusted tree branches and pencil roots.

Climb down into the largest sinkhole in Qatar.

A creepy, deserted mock Arabian village can be found in the middle of the Qatari desert.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Inhospitable caverns just beneath this island paradise offer insights into alien worlds.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

An underwater road considered a possible Atlantis location.

The world’s largest underwater sculpture is found just off the coast of Nassau.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.