Portland, Oregon
Voodoo Doughnut and Wedding Chapel
The magic's in the hole!
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
Province of Rieti, Italy
This enormous sinkhole hides a secret world created from divine wrath.
Lanrivain, France
A granite rock formation littered with various species of moss, lichen, and fern.
Plougrescant, France
A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.
La Palma, Spain
This underwater graveyard commemorates a group of murdered 16th-century missionaries.
Antarctica
At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.
Vernazza, Italy
This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.
Vernazza, Italy
Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.
Capri, Italy
This clifftop arch is a natural stunner.
Antarctica
The remains of a doomed Antarctic plane, buried beneath layers of ice and snow, await those willing to do a bit of digging.
Heimaey, Iceland
Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.
Saty, Kazakhstan
Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.
Incline Village, Nevada
A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.
Reading, Pennsylvania
This semi-spooky remnant of an abandoned hotel provides fantastic views.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
New York, New York
Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.
Kaycee, Wyoming
The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.
Germantown, Maryland
The whole world in one water tank.
Stomoplo, Bulgaria
Not far from a popular beach, an unfinished, abandoned mansion for Bulgaria's last communist dictator.
Hormuz, Iran
The colorful soil of Iran’s "Rainbow Island" attracts artists and nature lovers.
Chornobyl, Ukraine
The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.
Prypiat, Ukraine
One of the most poignant ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.
Kyiv, Ukraine
This underground transport hub doubles as an art gallery.