Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

Romania's "Red Ravine" is a little-known natural wonder that bears a resemblance to the Grand Canyon.

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

Rare mummified forest could offers a glimpse into how our environment has been changed by humans.

The third-largest island in Canada is one of the remotest places on Earth.

A long-disputed island that Denmark and Canada claim by periodically alternating flags and bottles of liquor.

The abandoned military base looks like a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

An abandoned guano-mining city in the South Pacific.

Thousands of birds nest in the cliffs while arctic foxes prowl below.

This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.

This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.

For a brief moment, the world was given a flicker of the future of fast food, thanks to a visionary inventor.

The remains of the worst military aviation accident in Canada's history.

A lake formed in the basin of a massive impact crater takes the shape of an unbroken ring when viewed from above.

Artistic cabins actually grow deep in the Canadian wilderness.

A lake in the middle of the tundra of Quebec is said to be the purest freshwater lake on Earth.

Cavemen, elephants, and eagles greet passengers driving through the town's main intersection.

This gnarled old tree supposedly sprouted from seeds kept in the pocket of a 16th-century Spanish sailor.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

An abandoned faux-pub made famous by a Guinness commercial.