Places mardigny Wants to Go

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

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

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.