bThere are still wild places out there on our crowded planet.br bbr Through a series of personal journeys, Dan Richards explores the appeal of far-flung outposts in mountains, tundra, forests, oceans, and deserts. Following a route from the Cairngorms of Scotland to the fire-watch lookouts of Washington State from Iceland's Houses of Joy to the Utah desert frozen ghost towns in Svalbard to shrines in Japan Roald Dahl's writing hut to a lighthouse in the North Atlantic, Richards explores landscapes which have inspired writers, artists, and musicians, and asks why are we drawn to wilderness What can we do to protect them And what does the future hold for outposts on the edge