Category: Nature
64 cursed places found
Qobustan mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan
Mud volcanoes of Qobustan A really bizarre sight that is almost unique to Azerbaijan : bubbling, spitting, leaking, oozing, grey mud volcanoes.
Alnwick Poison Garden
St. Pierre and Miquelon: The Last French Colony in North America
The Colors of Hormuz Island
The 98 Rock of Wake Island
Aso
Mt Aso, Kyushu ----------------- UPDATE 10 October 2016: I've just heard that Mt Aso has sprung to life again in an explosive eruption and that access to...
Absheron peninsula, Azerbaijan
Absheron peninsula to (overall; individually between 1 for Arteshgah, and 8 for Artyom) A semi-desert promontory that pokes out eastwards into the Caspian...
Saint Helena Island: The Place of Napoleon's Imprisonment
The Remarkable Story of St Kilda’s Residents
The Cursed Island of Gaiola
The Lost Island of Ferdinandea
The Island Town of Sviyazhsk
The Cloud Covered Island of Litla Dimun
Pasterze
glacier The (still) largest glacier in Austria , and one of the most scenic glacial tongues in the whole of the Alps.
Raja Ampat Islands
Isle of Sark: Europe's Last Feudal State
The Colorful Island of Burano, Italy
Travelling Sand Dunes of Fraser Island
The Hidden Town of Monemvasia
The Wall of Tears, Galapagos Islands
Aralsk, Aral Sea
Aralsk & North Aral Sea This poor town used to be the main fishing port on the Aral Sea , before the latter began drying up.
Lovatnet
The site of two massive landslides that caused tsunamis that swept away villages on the shores of Lovatnet lake killing several dozens of villagers on...
Baucau
& north-east East Timor This area was actually the first one I headed for on my 8-day round trip of East Timor in August 2014.
The Citrus Gardens of Pantelleria
The Plague Island of Poveglia
The Thousand Islands of St. Lawrence River
Ice Volcanoes of The Great Lakes
Topiary Garden Cemetery of Tulcan
The Ruins of Suakin Island
Sakurajima volcano, Kagoshima
One of Japan 's most active volcanoes – right opposite Kagoshima, the southernmost city on the southern mainland island of Kyushu.
Massive Penguin Colony in South Georgia
The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
St Michael's Mount of Cornwall
Banda: The Secret Island of Nutmegs
Peter's Café Sport: The Post Office in The Middle of The Atlantic
Nyiragongo volcano, DRC
Nyiragongo volcano, Congo One of Africa's (and the world's) most active volcanoes, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo , and one of only a very...
Darvaza flaming gas crater, Turkmenistan
Darvaza gas fire crater, Turkmenistan A crater in the desert – aka "Door to Hell" – full of countless gas fires that have been burning for decades.
The Magnificent Gardens of Marqueyssac
Okunoshima Rabbit Island
The Brand New Island of Surtsey
Skellig Michael and the Ancient Monastery in the Middle of the Ocean
The Rock Islands of Palau
The Egg War of Farallon Islands
The Outer Trial Bank
Ashikaga Flower Park, Japan
The Moving Island of Schiermonnikoog
The Guano Covered Island of Grassholm
Stromboli
UPDATE January 2026: I’ve just booked a trip to Sicily and the Aeolian Islands, including a two-day stint on Stromboli with a guided volcano hike (see...
Bledug Kuwu
mud volcano Now here's an obscure sight you won't find in the usual guidebooks at all: a highly active mud volcano in Central Java, Indonesia , whose...
Dian Fossey's grave at Karisoke, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
Dian Fossey's grave at Karisoke, Rwanda A site in Rwanda of pioneering conservationist heroism, of tragedy, mystery and beauty all in one.
Baku, Azerbaijan
Baku The capital city of Azerbaijan and the nation's travel hub.
Viti
Askja Viti means 'hell' in Icelandic – and even though the trip there isn't quite so hellish as the name implies, it's still extreme: Viti is an explosion...
The Lost Gardens of Heligan
The Dark Legacy of Gruinard Island
The Sand Dunes of Maspalomas
The Islet of Vila Franca do Campo
Merapi
volcano, Java Merapi is Indonesia 's most active volcano, and that's saying something in this country that has more active volcanoes than any other!
The Enchanting Island of Gaztelugatxe
The ‘Whiskey War’ of Hans Island
The 100 Stepped Garden of Awaji Yumebutai
Uyuni
A small town in the Altiplano of Bolivia , best known for the nearby huge salt flat of the same name.
Krakatoa
Site (in Indonesia ) of what was probably the most infamous volcanic eruption in history: in 1883 the old Krakatoa volcano exploded, creating destruction...
Venice
(at best when cruise ships are in town) - One of the most celebrated and most popular tourist destinations in the world (and very much suffering from...
Podgorica, Montenegro
Podgorica - The tiny capital city of the ex- Yugoslav republic of Montenegro .