Antarctica
The Bar at Vernadsky Research Base
One of the world's southernmost bars.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Antarctica
One of the world's southernmost bars.
Antarctica
An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.
Collinsville, Illinois
Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.
Camdenton, Missouri
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.
Chicago, Illinois
An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.
London, England
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
Prague, Czechia
Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.
Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
San Francisco, California
Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.
London, England
A faded reminder of what was once a common sight in London during the Blitz.
Tokyo, Japan
Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.
Rome, Italy
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
Coolin, Idaho
Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.
Cochrane, Alberta
A rescue facility that caters specifically to wolf-dog hybrids, and educates about these unique animals.
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Portland, Oregon
An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.
Portland, Oregon
10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
La Grande, Oregon
A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
Vancouver, Washington
A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.