Solomon Islands
The World Discoverer
The ship that got left behind.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Solomon Islands
The ship that got left behind.
Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku, New Zealand
The most remote tree in the world is more than 170 miles from its nearest neighbor.
Antarctica
At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.
New Zealand
The oceanic dumping ground where spaceships go to die.
Alofi, Niue
A tiny, remote island packed with wonders both natural and geeky.
Taga, Samoa
A site of natural wonder and flying coconuts in Samoa.
Vanuatu
The fully functional, submerged Vanuatu Post Office is definitely one of a kind.
Luganville, Vanuatu
The U.S. military dumped millions dollars worth of goods off a beach in Vanuatu, purely to spite the British and French.
Australia
This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.
Nauru
"The country that ate itself."
Marshall Islands
An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.
Nanwei, Micronesia
The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.
Micronesia
Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.
Manistique, Michigan
This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.
Théoule-sur-Mer, France
One architect's organic, human-centric design has been fully realized in this alien art house.
Phil Campbell, Alabama
Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."
England
Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".
Fuli Township, Taiwan
Learn to make this village's specialty: volcanic mud tofu.
Angelus Oaks, California
Meet California's largest recorded lodgepole pine: an 11-story-tall, 440-year-old living relic that has survived centuries of disaster to rank among the world's greatest forest giants.
Amarilla Golf, Spain
One of the world's only places where tourists can make a trip in a submarine.
Johns Island, South Carolina
One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.
Gubbio, Italy
Old-style open-air cages bringing you from Gubbio’s city center to the San'Ubaldo Basilica.
Hebron, New Hampshire
This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.
Petra District, Jordan
An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.