Nevada
St. Thomas Ghost Town
This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.
Places I want to go
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Nevada
This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.
Grant, Oregon
This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.
Georgia
The cave holds a spectacular array of stalactites and stalagmites, including one shaped like a giant human heart.
Orchard Park, New York
A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.
Baltimore, Maryland
At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
Tokyo, Japan
Underground farm located in a former bank vault deep within the bowels of Tokyo's business district.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Montezuma, New Mexico
A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.
Holywood, Scotland
A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.
Vienna, Austria
A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.
Greencastle, Indiana
Display that gathers the basic elements of the universe in one convenient location.
Haría, Spain
Partially collapsed lava tube and cave system complete with concert hall, underground pond, and unique albino crabs.
Iceland
Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.
Grindavík, Iceland
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
San Francisco, California
The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.
Hamragarðar, Iceland
This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.
Steingrímsfjörður, Iceland
A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.
Iceland
This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.
Hólmavík, Iceland
Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.