Rio Vista, California
Foster's Big Horn
Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Rio Vista, California
Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.
Chiefland, Florida
A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Pyongyang, North Korea
One of the largest public squares in the world, named after the former DPRK supreme leader.
Peru
Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.
Nazca, Peru
A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.
Tokyo, Japan
After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.
Al Matammah, Sudan
A remote monument to one of the fiercest battles fought by the Victorian British Army.
Leshan, China
This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.
Aralsk, Kazakhstan
Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Muynak District, Uzbekistan
Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.
Aso, Japan
The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.
Wendover, Utah
A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.
Bangor, Maine
The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.
Nelson, Nevada
A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.