The end of the world as we know it - an expanse of views, hiking and the southernmost...checks notes...everything.  Off most tourist trails and yet surprisingly accessible.

Dawn over Borneo is worthy of any 'Make the Most of Your Time on Earth' feature.  A reasonable amount of planning needed but well within most 'average' hikers' reach.

It's hard to think of a more twilight zone destination than Turkmenistan.  It receives fewer tourists than North Korea, is surreally resplendent in white marble  and whose main attraction is the 'Door to Hell' flaming gas crater. That alone was enough to make me visit.  

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Article 'Perhaps The World's Weirdest Destination' published by Travelmag, March 2025

Any place with more polar bears than people gets my vote for intrigue.  

As far north as you'll ever go, emerging from the pub at 1am to bright sunlight and a curious reindeer was memorable.   As was the beer at the world's northernmost brewery.  The secret ingredient?  2,000 year old glacier water.  Somethings are worth going to the ends of the earth for.