Iceland
Öskjuvatn and Viti Lakes
Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Iceland
Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.
Jerusalem, Israel
This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.
Soroca, Moldova
Elaborate mansions built by Roma residents in Soroca to show their success after centuries of discrimination.
Haute-Isle, France
The Church of the Annunciation was carved into the face of a cliff, just like the rest of the town of Haute-Isle.
Baturiti, Indonesia
An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.
Jeffrey City, Wyoming
This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.
Rugby, Tennessee
A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.
Aveiro, Brazil
Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.
Ashibetsu, Japan
A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.
Dover Plains, New York
This isolated community does not want you to visit.
Silver City, New Mexico
These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.
Wanaka, New Zealand
A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.
Manětín, Czechia
Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.
Wareham, England
In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.
Salmon, Idaho
An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.
Dargavs, Russia
This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.
Waldeck, Germany
As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.
Ketchikan, Alaska
This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.
Rockville, Utah
Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.
Sárospatak, Hungary
An industrial site turned into Hungary's most cherished natural wonder.
Noboribetsu-shi, Japan
A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.
Chitina, Alaska
The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.
Anamosa, Iowa
Remnants of a quarry company town still stand on the banks of the Wapsipinicon River.
North Bend, Washington
A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.