Choum, Mauritania
Mauritania Railway
Climb atop one of the world's longest and heaviest trains for an unbelievable journey across the Sahara Desert.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Choum, Mauritania
Climb atop one of the world's longest and heaviest trains for an unbelievable journey across the Sahara Desert.
Detroit, Michigan
The birthplace of the Ford Model T is now a museum full of antique cars.
Cabrera, Colombia
The world's largest ecosystem of its kind is home to South America's only native species of bear.
Pyeongchang, South Korea
The darkest building on Earth was built for the snow-white scenery of the 2018 Winter Olympics.
London, England
This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
Angoulême, France
The vibrant buildings in the “capital of the comic strip” celebrate the art form that made it famous.
Gheti, India
A mecca for India's Jains.
Vitorchiano, Italy
A lonesome Moai stands in a small Italian town some 9,000 miles away from its Easter Island brethren.
Zhangye Shi, China
Monks turned this mountain into a temple by digging grottoes, tunnels, and a huge pagoda-like hall.
Cologne, Germany
An elegant chandelier hangs over this ancient sewer chamber, now open for concerts and public tours.
San Diego, California
An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.
Georgia
The cave holds a spectacular array of stalactites and stalagmites, including one shaped like a giant human heart.
Red Cloud, Nebraska
Over 600 acres of idyllic open grassland honor Nebraska’s georgic storyteller.
Kansas City, Missouri
Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.
Spruce Creek, Pennsylvania
A soon-to-be-forgotten roadside spectacle loaded with local lore.
Riola, Italy
Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.
Fremont, California
The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
Portugal
A cluster of granite granaries perched on stilts.
Key Largo, Florida
Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.
La Pointe, Wisconsin
These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.
Anaconda, Montana
This tiny movie theater was the last one in the U.S. constructed in the Nuevo Deco architectural style.