Atlanta, Georgia
Crypt of Civilization
The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Atlanta, Georgia
The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta.
Cape Town, South Africa
An abandoned water park overtaken by the dunes.
Duluth, Minnesota
The watery grave of an impractical idea.
Kunming, China
270 million year-old forest of stone.
Antarctica
Naked scientists race around the pole in the frigid cold to try to join Antarctica's exclusive 300 Club.
Inaccessible Island
It might not be as impossible to reach as its name would imply, but just about.
United States Minor Outlying Islands
An abandoned guano-mining city in the South Pacific.
Tambon Tham Nam Phut, Thailand
Grotesque statues of figures from Buddhist hell haunt the temple's Sin Park.
Georgia
Legend says these stone structures are where the doomed citizens of a vanished village sent themselves to die.
Khangalassky District, Russia
A remote forest of stone pillars along the Lena river.
Evenkiysky District, Russia
Site of the largest impact event to occur over land in Earth's recorded history.
Zhanaarka District, Kazakhstan
The remains of a monument in the remote Kazakhstani desert dedicated to the only men to die in outer space, the crew of the Soyuz 11 rocket.
Pyongyang, North Korea
This abandoned-looking amusement park is frighteningly open for business.
Shenzhen Shi, China
130 replicas of world wonders squeezed into just 118 acres of space.
Changsha, China
The world's largest statue of Mao Zedong looks out over the city where he discovered Communism.
Suzhou, China
9,000 years of carnal history is on display at China's original Museum of Sex.
Chongqing, China
The ancient settlement attracts tourists from all over looking to learn about the Chinese vision of the afterlife.
Shengshan Island, China
This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.
Shanghai, China
This ratty natural history collection is a charming relic among a city rushing into modernity.