Elberta, Alabama
Bamahenge
Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Elberta, Alabama
Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.
Pensacola, Florida
A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.
Union, Kentucky
A life-sized recreation of the megafauna that once roamed this region is a feature at the birthplace of American paleontology.
Covington, Kentucky
He’s not from around here.
Cincinnati, Ohio
An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Where beautiful signs live on forever.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.
Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Rebuilt several decades ago, its striking murals prevent it from being reconsecrated as a church.
Rilski manastir, Bulgaria
This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.
Areni, Armenia
This series of Armenian caves held the oldest brain, shoe, and winery in the world.
Karabağ Köyü, Turkey
This ancient abandoned church in a remote part of Turkey is in danger of falling over.
Stahovica, Slovenia
An otherworldly alpine pasture in Slovenia with historical ties to WWII and architecture that recalls Middle Earth.
Chicago, Illinois
One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.
Oak Park, Illinois
The first home and studio that belonged to the famous architect.
Oak Park, Illinois
After an Illinois church was struck by lightning and burned down, Frank Lloyd Wright designed this replacement.
Maywood, Illinois
A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.
Maywood, Illinois
The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.
Forest Park, Illinois
Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.
Toronto, Ontario
This Hindu temple is an architectural marvel designed and built according to ancient Indian principles.
Toronto, Ontario
An enigmatic concrete structure in a lakeside Toronto park raises more questions than answers.
Mexico City, Mexico
The underground mall's skylights look like they could be part of a spaceship.
New York, New York
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
Toronto, Ontario
One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.