Places tomod05 Wants to Go

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

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

Natural stone arches form a walkable "cathedral" at low tide, then disappear entirely when the water returns.

The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.

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

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

270 million year-old forest of stone.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

A faux desert landscape in the middle of the jungle that sprouts oases during the rainy season.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

The tallest sea cliffs on the Southern Hemisphere are a climber's worst nightmare.

A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.