Places vhunter Wants to Go

A Cold War atomic camp buried under the ice is now emerging because of global warming.

Outlaws, hot springs, and tragedy have all left their mark on this ancient road in the Icelandic highlands.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

The world's largest aggregation of great white sharks is at a mysterious spot in the middle of the ocean.

This airstrip atoll is uninhabited by humans, but absolutely full of birds.

This "witch's market" is filled with Amazonian herbs, remedies, and the occasional libido-strengthening tincture.

A desert island with both a buried treasure and a famous castaway.

An abandoned guano-mining city in the South Pacific.

The site of one of Japan's very few American occupations during World War II still holds the relics of a roundly disastrous campaign.

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.

A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters.

This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.

The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.

This remote lake in Siberia supposedly contains a fearsome sea monster.

A British general, a suggestive tree, a map of paradise.

The world's most remote permanent settlement on an active volcano.

British Empire's last territorial expansion, claimed by four countries.

These circular ruins are all that remain of a 17th-century Arctic whaling outpost.