Places wintermuteway Wants to Go

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

270 million year-old forest of stone.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

Not one, not two, but three natural bridges remain in this captivating spot post-sinkhole.

For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.

This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

Internationally recognized group that works to protect the wolf and educate the public about its plight.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

This ancient Hawaiian henge may have been an early star chart.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

Once home to over 8,000 exiled Hawaiians suffering from Hansen's Disease.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.