Places tstriegel Wants to Go

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

This awesome Spanish castle is so fantastical it was actually used on Game of Thrones.

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

This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

Over the dunes of the Empty Quarter, the mysterious music of the desert.

An ocean in the making, in the Ethiopian desert.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.

Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.