Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cemitério São João Batista
Try not to get lost in this picturesque Brazilian labyrinth of the dead.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Try not to get lost in this picturesque Brazilian labyrinth of the dead.
Brewer, Maine
Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.
Lewes, Delaware
A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.
West Des Moines, Iowa
A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Aristes, Pennsylvania
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Iceland
The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.
Petra District, Jordan
An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.
Fort Bragg, California
A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.
Seattle, Washington
An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.
Inyo County, California
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Los Angeles, California
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.
Los Angeles, California
The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.
New York, New York
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Fujinomiya-shi, Japan
A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.
Glendale, California
A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.