Please Don't Go

Here's a discouraging metric: Google the phrase "endangered places" and you'll get more than 30,000 results. The Natural Resources Defense Council wants to preserve the white water of Patagonia's Futaleufu River; the World Wildlife Fund urges saving the Bering Sea; Concierge.com (the digital imprint of Condé Nast Traveler) encourages adventurers to see the Swiss glaciers before they succumb to global climate change.

By Dan Neil

June 1, 2008