Places timbuktuk Wants to Go

This artful dam holds back a crater-made reservoir that can be seen from space.

Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 feet.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

At the tallest peak in Colorado, an electrifying mix of thin air, lightning, and rivalry.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.

Giftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humor.

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.

This lovely ancestral home inspired the author D.H. Lawrence, and features a tunnel made out of a living willow.

A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.

Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.