Places Ancientproof Wants to Go

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.

French scientists make up the majority of the few humans to occupy this remote island in the extreme southern Indian Ocean.

Scattered ruins and a tiny cemetery are all that remain of a failed attempt to colonize the inhospitable Desolate Islands.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.