Places vijayhm Wants to Go

An extraordinary mix of Phoenician, Roman, early Christian, and Byzantine ruins beautifully set overlooking the Mediterranean.

This massive monument towers over the city as a constant reminder of the lives lost during Algeria's hard-won war for independence.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

Reaching this rock formation involves a hike through rocky rapids and springs where wild turtles reproduce.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

The city walls of Salé lead to the ruins of this seaside "bastion of tears."

Morocco’s modern capital was once a haven for Barbary pirates, who went so far as to establish a republic of their own.

World's largest film studio, where visitors tour the decaying sets that litter the harsh desert environment.

A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families

A Moroccan getaway in the mountain range that plays the Himalayas' stunt double.

One of the two original gateways into the Kasbah, this gateway is a nesting site for storks.

Warrior training: The Indonesian tourist trap.

Site of the largest volcanic eruption in the last 25 million years, one which may have nearly wiped out humanity altogether.

One of Indonesia's tallest, this waterfall takes a 390-foot plunge into the Lake Toba caldera.

A monster in the plant world, up to 10 feet tall and smelling of death.

This Sumatran root bridge took almost 30 years to knit itself together.

This monument marks where the exact middle of the world used to be.

The Seven Story Pagoda of Sibu.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

The unique design was created by the traditional way communal rice paddies were divided among the indigenous people.

A real-life "hobbit" cave in Flores, Indonesia.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

Mount Tambora is the site of the largest and deadliest volcanic eruption in recorded human history.