Places wlongson23 Wants to Go

270 million year-old forest of stone.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

The Twisted Trees of Alticane are an unnerving grove of Quaking Aspen, apparently mutated from a single source, giving them a twisted and unnatural appearance.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

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

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

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

Turkish adventurer antiques in the heart of the Grand Bazaar.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

This abandoned plantation was once witness to an eclipse that proved Einstein's theory of relativity.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

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

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

The longest hedge maze in the world.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.