Places mossenmoons Wants to Go

Only two of these trees remain in the natural world, found high in the cloud forest of the island of Mauritius.

The “Thumb” of Mauritius provides a 360 degree view of the entire country.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

A haunting place that is now home to thousands of birds.

Ancient images hide within the park's caves.

A surprisingly large and sturdy ruin on the outskirts of a remote village.

This crocodile-infested Timor-Leste reservoir is also home to a spectacular half-sunken forest.

These sacred totem houses connect the Fatakulu people with the spirits of their ancestors.

No one is quite sure of the origins of these idyllic natural hot springs at an abandoned mountain resort.

Two World War II aircraft lie within the jungle around this abandoned runway.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

The ship that got left behind.

A beachside monolith shaped by years of waves crashing against hard quartz.

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

This haunting ghost ship stands beached in the waters off the coast of the Falkland Islands.

This remote stretch of sand is a penguin lover's paradise.

Once a bustling fishing village and trading post, today these Cape Verde ruins provide a home only for seabirds and turtles.

This ship carrying cargo and four church bells for the Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida ran aground in 1968.

This peculiar lake of pitch is so thick and viscous that one can walk on its surface.

At first glance, little checkered structures on the hillside look like they house the living, not the dead.

Thermal springs underneath the seabed provide the heat and bubbles for these beachside natural hot tubs.

The hike to this stunning waterfall on a black sand beach is not for the faint of heart.

This mountaintop lake bubbles and steams in a perpetual boil, thanks to its direct link to the Earth's interior.

Under the desolate and windswept northern coast of Barbados stands a small oasis filled with sea anemones.