Places tomod05 Wants to Go

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

A Neolithic burial tomb connected with a colorful array of legends.

This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

Quito's historic, main square dates back to the 16th century.

The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

The world’s largest permanent desert lake is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

Visitors can swim with vicious predators in Crocosaurus Cove's plastic daredevil enclosure.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

The most biologically diverse protected area in Africa is also the most dangerous.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

One of the last refuges of the endangered eastern lowland gorilla.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

One of the few places in the world where visitors can walk alongside fossilized tracks from 80 different dinosaur species.