Places ASocialNomad Wants to Go

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

A nuclear power plant abandoned along with an international allegience.

An impressive century-old, to-scale topographical map of Guatemala.

The remnants of an archaeological camp stand within Tikal National Park.

Giant kites are flown during this Day of the Dead celebration in Guatemala.

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.

An enormous, 30-story-deep hole in the middle of Guatemala City.

Remote Honduran Islands with a colorful history.

The late, disgraced President's embalmed remains displayed for all to see… theoretically.

A vast personal collection of World War II artifacts unearthed over many years by a father-son duo.

This holy site either displays a centuries-old cross or a complete fake.

Iron Butterfly's personal collection of footwear.

The remains of an abandoned air force hospital located on a redeveloped Air Force base.

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

A cemetery and the town it served sinks beneath the sea during the volcanic birth of Mt. Vulcan.

The rusting hulk of a hand-powered, nearly 160-year-old submarine abandoned in 1869 due to the ravages of decompression sickness.

Right angles in the forests of Panama.

Nepal's first aviation museum found a logical home in the most unexpected place.

Former host to the World Elephant Polo Championships.

Everything from a plane to your own two feet are needed to reach this jungle resort.

Named after the Goddess of Harvests, Annapurna is the deadliest member of the Eight-thousanders club.

The oldest museum in Borneo is a cornucopia of rare taxidermy and human skulls.

The remains of this RAF plane and its crew were lost for decades, nearly engulfed by the Malaysian jungle.