Places vhunter Wants to Go

Arguing within this idyllic, circular volcanic lake is forbidden.

The field of tiny caves that mark this Chinese cliffside are each their own historic Buddhist temple.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

Rainbow-hued in the summer and crystalline in the winter, this salty lake has inspired battles, temples, and plenty of awe.

Site of the world's largest nuclear explosion.

This cuddly rodent has a place of honor at a Russian institute for genetic research.

The Arctic Archipelago is home to world's largest third order island: an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.

After a long, dark winter in the upper latitudes, Yellowknife knows how to let it all out in unparalleled style.

This Canadian road's nickname stuck so hard the city had to keep it.

Ice roads, deep holes and 3,500 pounds of diamonds.

An abandoned WWII-era U.S. Army megaproject, turned hiking trail in the remote Canadian subarctic.

The crumbling remains of Juneau's explosives storage site.

Beautiful mostly-abandoned town only accessible by sea-worthy boat or plane.

The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.

Germany has its very own Centralia, whose spark remains attributed to "spontaneous combustion."

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

This rural Australian museum is dedicated to all things pinball.

This remarkably preserved historic structure stands as the last surviving remnant of Corstorphine Castle.

The first Icelander to hold the position of governor.

A privately owned Benedictine estate founded in 987, where a Tudor gatehouse and rare medieval guest house survive within a living historic manor in the Dorset village famous for its ancient chalk giant.

A museum inside a Byzantine island monastery.

A 110-foot concrete dinosaur once sold fossil fuel from its belly.

Deep in the Richloam wilderness, a century-old country store is stocked with plenty of stories.

A live oak beside a Florida bike trail has become a shimmering, musical memorial.