Places tremperj Wants to Go

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.

Wondrous stalactites house thousands of bats in these African caves.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Local history museum with mammoth bones and an old myth about local giants

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

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

A devastated ruin in the south of Belize where British explorers claimed to unearth the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull.

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

An hour south of Punta Arenas (Chile) along the Strait of Magellan, a Kcymaerxthaere plaque tells the story of Culev Larsze, cursed to live without words in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.

The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.

An ancient forest of the Paleocene Age turned to stone.

Conifers from the Jurassic Period transformed into stone in Patagonia.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

An unassuming grey box sitting on San Francisco's Pier 17 is a "sky diary" of the coastal city's temperamental weather.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

Over 4,700 miles of trees being planted to hold back the desert.