Sooner or later, the travel bug gets us, infusing a desire to trot around the globe, taking in places, people and cultures different from our own. As wanderlust takes over, we seek different experiences, new thrills and ways to spice up our adventures even more.

If eating scorpions in China or running with the bulls in Spain isn’t your thing, perhaps, simply changing your vantage point can make a world of difference. You have to stay someplace when you wander, so why not make that the most unusual part of your trip? From hotel rooms made of ice, to ones underwater, to ones seemingly suspended in the sky, whatever kind of magnificent, mind-boggling or downright eye-opening accommodation you can dream of, rest assured and amazed that it probably exists. You’ll come home with a whole new perspective. 

Scared of heights?

At Skylodge Adventure Suites in Cuzco, Peru, your room (or pod, rather) is literally clamped to a granite slope 1,300 feet above Urubamba Valley. It’s like sleeping in a hovering spaceship. Unsurprisingly, getting there is an adventure in itself involving a bit of hiking and ziplines. But the 300-degree view of the Sacred Valley below may be worth the effort. Naturavive.com.

Tree hugger?

If you never experienced a treehouse growing up, it’s not too late. Treehotel in Harads, Sweden, offers seven rooms nestled up in the trees. But unlike dad’s structures of the past, these are about as stylish and futuristic as it gets. Treehotel.se/en.

Go underground

In Sweden you can sleep in the world’s deepest suite at Sala Silvermine, more than 500 feet below ground. Or for something closer and shallower, try Kokopelli’s Cave in New Mexico where your cozy suite is carved from subterranean sandstone. Salasilvergruva.se; kokoscave.us.

In and below paradise

Didn’t think we’d leave out tropical spots, did you? Not with a place like Manta Resort in Tanzania. Here, your room can include a glass-walled underwater chamber 13 feet below the surface of the Indian Ocean. Who knows what will swim by. Themantaresort.com.

Pack a coat…

Temperatures drop at Icehotel in Sweden (125 miles north of the Arctic Circle) and Quebec’s Hôtel de Glace (pictured above), where you’ll sleep surrounded by ice sculptures or in an actual snow vault. The Icehotel gets reinvented each winter as artists create temporary works of ice. Both hotels provide creature comforts that keep you warm. Icehotel.com; hoteldeglace-canada.com.