Places Unusualer Wants to Go

This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.

At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.

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

Stay overnight in the world's most sleekly designed rabbit hole, free of charge.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

Former island in the Aral Sea used to be a top-secret Russian bio-weapons facility.

Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

A remote, centuries-old underground mosque with a lunar aesthetic.

Jurassic clays where the dinosaurs once roamed.

These rugged, color-stained mountains hold the secrets of the Kazakh desert.

This small canyon is home to a treasure trove of geological oddities.