New York, New York
Governors Island
Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
New York, New York
Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.
Kaumakani, Hawaii
A Japanese pilot crash-landed on this Hawaiian island after the Pearl Harbor attack and terrorized locals for a week.
Antarctica
An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.
Australia
The oldest known European structures in Australia are the remnants of a story filled with mutiny, murder, jealousy and greed.
Havre-Aubert, Québec
A tiny, picturesque island, where cows and wild horses wander around the houses.
Besar Island, Malaysia
Island, once a pirate hideout, now home to an abandoned resort.
Moyenne Island, Seychelles
A newspaper editor turned this abandoned island into a tortoise nature preserve that's now the world's smallest national park.
Christmas Island, Australia
The red crab exhibits one of the most spectacular migrations on earth, despite manmade obstacles.
Port Arthur, Australia
Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.
Rivière-aux-Outardes, Québec
A lake formed in the basin of a massive impact crater takes the shape of an unbroken ring when viewed from above.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.
Puno, Peru
The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
Quincy, Massachusetts
Hill-like structures formed by glaciers and sandy spits of land.
Saint Peter's, Montserrat
A city continually buried under the ash of a volcano that has been erupting for more than 15 years.
Weymouth, Massachusetts
Site of an oft forgotten and revolutionary battle.
Hull, Massachusetts
A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.
Seychelles
A British general, a suggestive tree, a map of paradise.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.
Sark, Guernsey
The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.
Lido, Italy
The oldest of Venice's plague quarantine stations, designed to keep the medieval city safe from disease.
Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna
The final stronghold of a king whose feet never touched the ground.
Ascension Island
Remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem.
Alexandrovsky District, Russia
Social outcasts and cannibalism in Stalin's Soviet Union.