There's off the beaten track, and then there are places where tracks don't go anywhere near. The thrill in going somewhere hardly anyone you know has been to is a big one, but some people take it to extremes. Most Traveled People runs low-on-luxuries cruises there.
MTP visitors: 53 (world ranking: 50th)
In the middle of the Atlantic, due east from the far north of Brazil, this barren archipelago is used by scientists hosted in a Brazilian Navy base and tuna fishermen. In 1832, Charles Darwin passed by on the Beagle, noting that he couldn't find a single plant growing on the barren outcrops. Ernest Shackleton also stopped on his way to Antarctica.
To get there nowadays – and there's not much to see – you need to chum up with the Brazilian researchers or get on the very occasional trans-Atlantic cruise that passes by. Silversea (www.silversea.com) has done so in the past.
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