Places stenaavel Wants to Go

A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.

The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.

Enchanting cave with a river crashing through the roof.

Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.

This picturesque mansion has gone from opulent ruin to nature museum.

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

A hike outside of the town of Zuun Mod will take visitors to a monastery complex steeped in Mongolian history.

Established hundreds of years ago, Gandan remains the premier Buddhist monastery in Ulaanbaatar.

Ancient site of Mongolian Shamanism located near a road leading out of Ulaanbaatar.

An off-the-beaten-path monastery in the northern hills of Ulaanbaatar.

The monastery survived the Communist revolution in Mongolia as a religious museum.

This massive piece of aviation history calls this residential neighborhood home.

Traces of the thriving lake trade that once linked the Soviet Union with Mongolia.

This extremely remote border crossing was closed to prevent smuggling and looting.

A collection of old steam and diesel locomotives sitting in a fenced-off garden.

Hidden treasures belonging to Mongolia's most revered and multi-talented monk spent decades buried in the Gobi desert.

These ancient pecked images are among the oldest and best-preserved in Mongolia.

A nondescript dirt lot hides an intriguing center of shamanic healing.

History, geography, and shamanism meet in this eye-catching monument to the greatness of three empires.

People have been scribbling on this massive chunk of granite for more than 1,500 years.

A jagged silhouette of shamanistic stone heaps rises from the shore of this dazzling mile-high lake.

Dinosaur eggs were first discovered at these fiery red cliffs.