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      STRANGE GEOGRAPHIES

      Strange Geographies: Portugal's Bone Chapel

      "We bones here, for yours await." Nice and creepy.

      Ransom Riggs

      Strange Geographies: The Fjords of New Zealand

      New Zealand boasts some of the world's most beautiful fjords... within an enormous and mostly unpopulated wilderness known as Fjordland.

      Ransom Riggs

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      Vacation to Mars: Antarctica's Dry Valleys

      There's a series of dry valleys in Antarctica, about 4,000 kilometers square, that have no ice on them at all.

      Ransom Riggs



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      The Haunted History of Venice, Italy's Poveglia Island

      The tiny island of Poveglia in the Venice Lagoon, just 2 miles from the glittering palaces of the Grand Canal, has served many unpleasant purposes over the years, including as a quarantine station and a dumping ground for plague victims.

      Ransom Riggs


      Scenes from Vanuatu, the Happiest Place on Earth

      Today is the 33rd anniversary of Vanuatu's independence, called by some the happiest place on earth. Back in 2009, Ransom Riggs stopped by to see what all the fuss was about.

      Ransom Riggs


      Beautiful, Alien Iceland

      Iceland is a landscape that's still being born.

      Ransom Riggs


      Strange Geographies: A Most Peculiar Trip

      Some of our readers may remember my Strange Geographies columns from April and May, all about my time in Amsterdam and my road trip through Belgium and Luxembourg, where with the expert help of a Dutch urban explorer I sought out grand old abandoned build

      Ransom Riggs
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