Places Willymjr Wants to Go

When humans abandoned this safari lodge, the lions took over.

The stunningly blue waters of these beautiful caves also have a violent past.

These naturally balancing rocks were pictured on every Zimbabwean banknote, up to the 100 trillion-dollar note.

The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.

A seemingly simple canyon that was the backdrop to a number of famous movies.

The largest salt lake in the Sahara is mysteriously alluring.

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

The original movie set for the home of 'Star Wars' hero Luke Skywalker.

An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.

The ancient heart of Tunis is an enormous maze of narrow streets and alleyways.

This canyon is named for a unique geologic formation where the river vanishes underground near the mouth of the canyon and reappears farther down.

Every Saturday morning, this microbakery fills up with freshly baked pastries and sourdough breads.

A crescent of 12 simple statues poised on a small windswept island off the coast of Newfoundland.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

Abandoned rock quarry now a haven for mountain bikers and hikers.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

The only pachinko parlor in the United States.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

One of the first amphibian migration tunnels in the United States encourages a tradition that has inspired Amherst residents for decades.