8 Beautiful Travel Destinations (If You’re Okay With Dying)

If you’re looking for a vacation full of peace, tranquility, and coconut drinks, we would suggest Bora Bora or the Maldives. But if you crave an adventure that features once-in-a-lifetime wonders (e.g., floating animal skeletons everywhere and probably a human’s or two as well) and the possibility of not making it home alive, we’ve got a few ideas as well. Whether it is the result of extreme environments, chaotic governments, or deadly hazards that simultaneously showcase our accomplishments and failures as a human race, here are 8 places you should check out…but only if you’ve got a death wish!

Death Valley, California

Back in 2013, a runner named Jonathan Rice went viral for jogging a mile in Death Valley wearing a full Darth Vader suit. Oh, and it was 129°F (53.8°C) outside. This desert in eastern California holds the record for hottest air temperature 134°F (56.7°C). Rice explained that he does this sort of thing because he likes to see the reactions of tourists from the comforts of their air-conditioned cars. If heatstroke doesn’t do you in, the aggressive sidewinder rattlesnakes, the toxic gasses from all the abandoned mines, and the flash floods that surge through the narrow canyons on zero notice will if you aren’t thoroughly prepared.