Vatican City
Gallery of Maps - Galleria delle Carte Geografiche
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Solferino, Italy
The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.
San Gimignano, Italy
These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.
Chiavenna, Italy
An archaeological treasure trove towers over the valley of Chiavenna.
Rosendale, New York
This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.
New Paltz, New York
The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.
Cislano, Italy
A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.
Berlin, Maryland
The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.
Lyon, France
For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.
Queens, New York
The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.
Woodstock, New York
A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.
Saugerties, New York
One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Chicago, Illinois
Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.
Chicago, Illinois
The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.
Detroit, Michigan
One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.
Oxford, Mississippi
William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.
Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
San Martino della Battaglia, Italy
The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.
Gardone Riviera, Italy
A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.
Verona, Italy
Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.
Guatemala
Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.
Guatemala
Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.