Places meltingknight Wants to Go

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

A stunning hermit's shrine on a steep rocky spur in Northern Italy.

Arguing within this idyllic, circular volcanic lake is forbidden.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.

The ruins of a grand theater destroyed during the most powerful seismic catastrophe ever recorded.

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

This collection of reclaimed landmines acts as both an exhibition of their deadly history and as a shelter for children affected by them.

Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

The abandoned airport is a strangely intact remnant of Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime.

More than 100 Hindu temples are slowly being swallowed by the forest.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

The world's largest ecosystem of its kind is home to South America's only native species of bear.

Transmission tower outfitted with large crossbars that dampen wind-induced oscillations.

An 11th-century mountaintop fortress that played a crucial role in Italy's papal wars is now a vacation rental.

This Ukranian fortress is one of the best-preserved medieval castles in Europe.

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.