Namerikawa, Japan
The Firefly Squid of Toyama Bay
Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Namerikawa, Japan
Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.
Vieques, Puerto Rico
The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.
Saint George's, Grenada
A gallery of underwater art that can be visited by man and fish alike.
Greece
A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.
Koror, Palau
An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.
Rokers Point Settlement, Bahamas
One of the most accessible undersea plane wrecks in the world.
Victoria Falls, Zambia
The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.
Mirny, Russia
The world's second-largest excavated hole.
Haleyville, Alabama
148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.
Peru
Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.
Key Biscayne, Florida
An underwater city for the dead.
Guatemala City, Guatemala
An enormous, 30-story-deep hole in the middle of Guatemala City.
Belize
Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.
Belize
A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Postojna, Slovenia
A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.
Averøy, Norway
A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.
Potter, Nebraska
Storage units with a wartime past.
Bled, Slovenia
This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.
Guilin, China
Natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.
New Delhi, India
An ancient iron pillar in Delhi that seems to be rustproof.
Wierschem, Germany
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.