Places SarahTheExplorer Wants to Go

A surprisingly beautiful abandoned World War II military base in East Greenland.

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

The fully functional, submerged Vanuatu Post Office is definitely one of a kind.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.