Places xxrye Wants to Go

Smoked mummies housed in mountainside caves.

Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.

This tiny island protects a number of rare bird species by only allowing visitors to set foot on the beach.

A once great mansion stands in stately ruin.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

Church organ in the Philippines constructed out of bamboo.

A 50-foot-tall statue of Jesus where a stairway transports the faithful into his body.

A unique beach made of a myriad of multi-sized pebbles.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

Fine dining 20 feet below the surface in the Indian Ocean.

Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.

A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.

The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

If you've ever wanted to tear Hello Kitty apart with your teeth, this is the place.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.