Silver City, Georgia
Georgia Nuclear Aircraft Laboratory
The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Silver City, Georgia
The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.
Atlanta, Georgia
This stone is a marker of one millionaire's personal vendetta against gravity.
Harbin, China
One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.
Saint George's, Grenada
A gallery of underwater art that can be visited by man and fish alike.
Peach Springs, Arizona
One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.
Rochester, New York
The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.
Drummond, Montana
This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.
Nara, Japan
The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.
Berlin, Germany
When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.
Balestrino, Italy
Abandoned medieval hill town.
Meagher, Montana
Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.
Namibia
The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.
Charlotte, North Carolina
A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Paris, France
A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.
Venice, Italy
As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.
Wimberley, Texas
A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Greece
A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Belize
A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.
Laem Sak, Thailand
This floating cinema brings new meaning to the phrase "going out" to the movies.