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Sometimes it is simply good to get away and go someplace new, but traveling there directly is not always possible. WebUrbanist brings some of the most exotic travel destinations and incredible private islands, luxury resorts but also the most remote, uninhabited and abandoned islands and locations on the planet – some of these you may explore in person some day but some you may never seen or hear from again.

Secretive Urbanism: 13 Exclusive Speakeasies & Shops with Hidden Entrances

The bodega on the corner, your laundromat, the pawn shop down the street or the innocuous law firm entrance you pass on your way to work could be harboring secrets behind unmarked doors or ...

42 Buried Buses Form North America’s Largest Underground Nuclear Fallout Bunker

Composed of dozens of school buses surrounded with concrete, there may not be room for two of every Earthly animal in this "Ark Two" but there is space for around 500 humans (kids and adults) to ...

Sheep View: Faroe Islands Captured for Google by Four-Legged Crew

There may be many paths along the remote, windswept Faroe Islands that Google’s street view vehicles can’t traverse, but that’s where the archipelago’s many four-legged residents come in. ...

Steel Mesh Kraken Sunk Off British Virgin Islands to Create Artificial Reef

Perched atop the Kodiak Queen, a former WW2-era Navy fuel barge, this 80-foot ‘Kraken’ now serves as the base of an artificial reef and marine research station on the ocean floor near the ...

Rail to Trail: 12 U.S. Park Projects Reclaiming Urban Infrastructure

A whole lot of valuable land in America's densest urban centers is occupied by the disused and often toxic remnants of neglected infrastructure, industrial complexes and other blight that could ...

Sending Summer Off With a Bang: 55-Foot-Tall Sand Castle Snags World Record

It’s virtually impossible to get a sense of just how large this world-record-smashing sand castle really is until you see a shot that includes crowds of tiny humans gathered around its base. The ...

Happier Campers: Take Your Gear to a New Level With These 15 Innovations

Elevate your camping style with the latest high-performance gear like twig-burning stoves, tree tents, bear-proof coolers and portable loungers. These major upgrades will keep you dry, warm, fed ...

The Art of Tech Living: Amsterdam’s Urban Campsite Lets You Sleep in Sculptures

Every year, Amsterdam’s Centrumeiland of Ijburg hosts ‘Urban Campsite,’ a public exhibition of sculptural habitats allowing local residents and tourists can spend the night in mobile ...

Disney’s Star Wars Hotel Will Make Each Guest a Character with a Storyline

Fans visiting Disney World's upcoming Star Wars Land expansion, set to open in 2019, will have the opportunity to immerse themselves even more deeply into the fictional universe in an almost ...

10 Subterranean Museums Reclaiming Abandoned Mines, Tunnels, Cellars & Docks

Disused subterranean spaces like former mines, quarries, tunnels, bunkers and catacombs can offer just the right combination of spaciousness, moodiness, natural drama and a sense of gravity to ...

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