Places tristanpollock Wants to Go

Off-limits and full of venomous pit vipers, Brazil’s Snake Island has a frighteningly apt nickname.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

Norway's national monument to fallen seamen.

Stay overnight in the world's most sleekly designed rabbit hole, free of charge.

Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

A more chill but no less fascinating version of the famous ancient archeological site.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.