When the crowded streets are simply too much

by Michael Harshman

18 Places

Kalabaka, Greece

Meteora

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

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Southern Pole of Inaccessibility

Considered the most remote point in the entire world.

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Sturt Creek, Australia

Wolfe Creek Crater

A stray meteor left this picturesque hole in the Australian outback.

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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Lehigh Millennium Folk Arch

A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.

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Falkland Islands

Boot Hill

An ever-growing field of footwear invites legends and more shoes.

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Galway, Ireland

Landing Site of the First Transatlantic Flight

A strange egg in a mucky bog of western Ireland marks the spot of an aviation milestone.

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The Stone Circles at Odry

Deep in a Polish forest, this collection of Iron Age megaliths still holds onto many of its ancient secrets.

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Svalbard, Norway

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.

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Lordsburg, New Mexico

Fraggle Rock

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

Welby

La Boulaye, France

Pyramid Mausoleum at Abandoned La Boulaye Cemetery

The ruins of an abandoned cemetery are among the last remnants of the old village of La Boulaye before a wealthy landowner had it relocated.

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Graves of Beechey Island

The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.

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Viggianello, Italy

Italus

The oldest scientifically dated tree in Europe lives on a remote cliff.

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Vintondale, Pennsylvania

Wehrum

The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.

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Poker Creek

The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.

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Inaccessible Island

Inaccessible Island

It might not be as impossible to reach as its name would imply, but just about.

Dylan

Rock Garden Duqm

A section of the desert with an array of unusual sandstone and limestone formations.

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Bollengo, Italy

Ciucarun

An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.

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Craswall, England

Craswall Priory

Britain’s highest medieval monastery is a remote ruin nestled at the head of a valley 1,240 feet above the sea.

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