Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

The largest hewn stone in history.

A forlorn fishing village on the coast of Labrador, full of shipwrecks and Spanish gold.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

A memorial to a giant seabird that was hunted to extinction.

This quirky museum will make you question everything, including the shape of the planet.

This species of wild goat stars in witchy legends and frolics among the park's eerie rock formations.

The most biologically diverse protected area in Africa is also the most dangerous.

City Council meetings still happen in this historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside.

One of the most remote lodges in the Amazon offers rare wildlife encounters and undisturbed views of the Peruvian rainforest.

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

The taxidermy remains of the first brown bear to enter Germany in 170 years.

This old Estonian mine has been kept like a sprawling time capsule of the local shale industry.

Two well-hidden huts let animal lovers spend the night among the bears, wolves, and other predators of the forest.

This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.