Places tristanpollock Wants to Go

Over two-thirds of the world's population of giant tortoises live among this coral formation.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

Ethiopian standing stones featuring remarkably preserved carvings of swords and people.

Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

Stay in your own little bubble.

Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

These strange piles of magnetized volcanic ash travel across the desert about 50 feet per year.

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

Mount Nyiragongo has erupted at least 34 times since 1882 and is home to the world's largest lava lake.

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.