Vanuatu
Underwater Post Office
The fully functional, submerged Vanuatu Post Office is definitely one of a kind.
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Vanuatu
The fully functional, submerged Vanuatu Post Office is definitely one of a kind.
Penama Province, Vanuatu
The world’s most primitive form of bungee jumping.
Walarano, Vanuatu
Nestled in the jungles of Vanuatu are the remains of what was once a cannibal oven.
Piti, Guam
A beautiful waterway tucked in the corner of a power plant.
Inarajan, Guam
The underground hideout of a Japanese soldier for whom World War II ended in 1972.
Apia, Samoa
The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.
Apia, Samoa
A museum now occupies the mansion in Samoa where the prolific Scottish writer chose to spend the last years of his life.
Samoa
An unmarked, overgrown path through dense vegetation leads to the largest ancient structure in Polynesia.
Taga, Samoa
A site of natural wonder and flying coconuts in Samoa.
Timor-Leste
No one is quite sure of the origins of these idyllic natural hot springs at an abandoned mountain resort.
Lospalos, Timor-Leste
These sacred totem houses connect the Fatakulu people with the spirits of their ancestors.
Tahiti, French Polynesia
Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.
Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands
The cafe that acts as the social hub for the small volcanic island of HMS Bounty fame.
Nanwei, Micronesia
The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.
Suva, Fiji
Recently revamped museum of Fijian history located within a gorgeous colonial-era garden.
Shaharah, Yemen
One of the most remote and isolated villages on the Arabian Peninsula.
Yemen
A mesmerizing reservoir nestled at the heart of a pre-Islamic Yemeni village.
Sana'a, Yemen
Yemen's "Stone Palace" looks like it was carved right out of the tall stone column on which it is built.
Shibam, Yemen
A city built from mud and known as the "Manhattan of the desert."
Zabid, Yemen
Elaborate patterns adorn the city's disappearing traditional architecture.
Aden, Yemen
This impressive system of tanks was used to store drinking water as long as 2,000 years ago.
Yemen
The most alien-looking place on Earth.
Doha, Qatar
This unique museum doesn't shy away from highlighting Qatar's role in the history of slavery.
Doha, Qatar
The enormous diamond-shaped building packs a trove of academic and literary treasures into one futuristic space.