Hidden Corners

Destinations

Mysterious Places

Lesser-known destinations, researched and verified by Hidden Corners.

Illustration of rust-red eroded canyons with cactus silhouettes under a starry twilight sky
Natural Wonder

Tatacoa Desert

Colombia · Huila Department

Colombia's desert that isn't one: an eroded dry-forest badland of rust-red canyons, grey moonscapes and some of the country's clearest night skies.

Access: Easy–moderate Visit: 1-2 nights
Illustration of stone houses built among giant rounded granite boulders on a hillside
Hidden Village

Monsanto

Portugal · Beira Baixa, Central Portugal

A granite village near the Spanish border where houses are wedged beneath, between and inside colossal boulders.

Access: Easy–moderate Visit: 1 day or 1 night
Illustration of bald orange granite peaks rising from a flat desert plain under a vast sky
Natural Wonder

Spitzkoppe

Namibia · Erongo Region

Granite peaks older than memory rising sheer from the Namib plains, with community-run campsites, a rock arch and ancient San paintings.

Access: Moderate Visit: 1-2 nights
Illustration of pale mushroom-shaped rock formations in a barren badlands under a huge sky
Mysterious Place

Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness

United States · San Juan County, New Mexico

A trail-less badlands of hoodoos, petrified wood and alien rock in New Mexico's high desert - navigation required, crowds absent.

Access: Challenging Visit: Half day to 1 day