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borg

I seem to have inherited wanderlust from my Viking ancestors. After decades, as a private & business traveller and periodical expat, I'm homeward bound - but - not ready to settle down. Prepping/supplementing my actual travel with virtua travel.

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Marble Canyon, Arizona

The Wave

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Added by renakaba

Pripyat, Ukraine

Abandoned City of Pripyat

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

Added by Delireus

Dripping Springs, Texas

Hamilton Pool

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Mark Casey

Added by Mark Casey

Isle of Staffa, Scotland

Fingal's Cave

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Dylan

New York, New York

Old City Hall Station

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

Rebekah Otto

Added by Rebekah Otto

Catacombes de Paris

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Stavanger, Norway

Sverd I Fjell

Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.

Added by Axopatrick

Reykjavik, Iceland

Icelandic Phallological Museum

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Josh

Reykjavik, Iceland

Álfaskólinn (Elf School)

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.

Oliver Hong

Added by Oliver Hong

Búðakirkja

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

kendrawashere

Added by kendrawashere

Bridge Between Continents

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

williamsssej

Added by williamsssej

Svartifoss

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

Dampo