Altadena, California
The Payphone at the Edge of the Forest
Beside a lonely road winding into the hills overlooking Altadena, sits a portal that urges callers to embrace humanity‘s innermost expression: Goodbye
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Altadena, California
Beside a lonely road winding into the hills overlooking Altadena, sits a portal that urges callers to embrace humanity‘s innermost expression: Goodbye
England
The farmland on the old Isle of Axholme is one of only 4 places in the UK where the medieval practice of strip farming still persists.
Hamilton, Ontario
With well over 130 falls and cascades to brag about, Hamilton, Ontario has earned its stripes as the waterfall capital of the world.
San Antonio, Texas
A seven-foot-tall cast concrete Native American Chief stands on the south railing of the historic Commerce Street Bridge, commissioned in 1914.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
The place of worship erected not once, but three times in one of the most desolate places on Earth.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Quite possibly the most isolated bus stop on Earth.
Antarctica
These giant volcano sponges in Antarctica are thought to be the world's oldest living animal, at 15,000 years old.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Southern Ocean waters and glacial forces transform the Antarctic ice into these stunning bridges and caves.
King George Island, Antarctica
One of only two civilian settlements in the desolate lands of chilly Antarctica.
King George Island, Antarctica
Russian Orthodox church built on an Antarctic island.
Antarctica
These abandoned huts still hold the remains of an early 20th century Australian researcher's work.
Davis Station, Antarctica
Antarctica's only sculpture garden, it has art and penguins, but no plants in sight.
Khangalassky District, Russia
A remote forest of stone pillars along the Lena river.
Ayano-Maysky District, Russia
Five mile wide circular ring of rock in the Russian Far East is a curious geological oddity.
Yakutsk, Russia
The coldest city in the world.
Verkhoyanskiy ulus, Russia
The giant Siberian crater known locally as the "doorway to the underworld" is expanding every year.
Yagodninsky District, Russia
Siberian ghost town built by gulag prisoners.
Russia
Siberian whale bones stand as cairns marking location of an ancient butcher yard.
Barrow, Alaska
The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.
Deline, Northwest Territories
Locals believe the purity of this huge, untouched Arctic lake could be the salvation of human civilization.
Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Ice roads, deep holes and 3,500 pounds of diamonds.
Nunavut
The Arctic Archipelago is home to world's largest third order island: an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.
Baffin Region, Nunavut
Over 400,000 birds spend their summers nesting on this small Arctic island.