Places thalverson Wants to Go

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

A delightful museum devoted to the history of books.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

Once the world's biggest telescope, it was later used as a coat hanger by a famous Dutch astronomer.

This beehive tomb built for royalty sat hidden for over 3,000 years.

The first and only planetarium in Sri Lanka.

This colonial town in Colombia sits around the largest stone paved square in South America.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

These ruins of a sacred Ancient Greek temple stand next to a luxurious modern resort.

The centuries-old trees are draped with Spanish moss to make them look like wizened elders.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

A colorful "forest" made entirely from three tons of recycled plastic waste.

The place of worship for Zoroastrians, Mumbai's Parsi fire temples use fire and ash for purification.

One of the largest and oldest caravansaries in Persia.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

Built by the Ancient Greeks, this chariot bridge is still in use today.

The world's largest collection of garden gnomes lives among the trees and wildflowers on this woodland reserve.

The world's largest moose statue towers above the highway between Oslo and Trondheim.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.

In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.