Places tomod05 Wants to Go

Ancient Manuscripts showcase the civilization of West Africans during the Middle Ages.

These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.

The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.

Eat a Nobel banquet from any year in the basement of Stockholm's City Hall.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.

The Arctic Circle runs through this isolated spot north of Iceland.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

The inky volcanic sand leads to reefs teeming with aquatic life waiting to be discovered by snorkelers and divers.

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

In this Balinese village, coconut shells containing placentas are hung from trees.

Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

One native village in Bali lays their dead at the foot of a holy tree whose natural fragrance seems to hide the stench as the bodies decompose.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

The true depths of these stunning Moroccan caves are unknown.