Places LaughingCrow Wants to Go

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Brain collection and database that narrows the gap between man and animal.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.