Places Curious Crow Wants to Go

The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.

The only retired U.S. nuclear missile silo that is open to the public.

A devilishly named gorge that was a sign of salvation for many pioneers.

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.

An isolated early 20th-century gold mine in the remote Pine Forest Range contains much preserved equipment.

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

What was once believed to be a church floor turned out to be the artwork of geology.

A geothermal paradise with bubbling mud pools and bright blue hot springs.

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

Outlaws, hot springs, and tragedy have all left their mark on this ancient road in the Icelandic highlands.

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.