Places Carrion Wants to Go

Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.

The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.

A Canadian port town is oddly home to two of the largest tree burls in the world.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

The remains of the wrecked steam trawler can be found on the beach at low tide.

This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

A cave covered with bizarre stalactites of cloth.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Gigantic natural towers in a Russian plateau.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.