Places gone2croatan Wants to Go

This lookout tower built in the 1930s is now an in-demand cabin with what might be the best view of the Seneca State Forest.

West Virginia’s largest bog is home to rare carnivorous plants.

Brooklyn’s wildest restaurant is serving ice cream in snail shells and marrow bones.

An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

A collection of venomous snakes and reptiles for the whole family to enjoy.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

Explore the rich history of Colombia's Indigenous peoples.

A popular Icelandic children's story comes to life inside this cave.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

Three million year old fossils are exposed for all to see on this Icelandic shore.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.