Sorrento, Italy
Valle dei Mulini (Valley of the Mills)
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Golden Valley, Arizona
A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.
Oymyakonsky District, Russia
The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.
Empire, Nevada
The Wonder Road aka Doobie Lane, a mile-long strip of dirt road filled with folk art.
Newberry Springs, California
The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.
Yermo, California
A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.
Chamoli, India
A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.
Loyalton, California
Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.
Reno, Nevada
This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Banyuputih, Indonesia
Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.
Qobustan, Azerbaijan
Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan is home to a messy, bubbling, and sometimes explosive landscape.
Ascension Island
Remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem.
Big Pine, California
Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.