England
St Georges Guildhall
The only surviving theatre where William Shakespeare performed as an actor.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
England
The only surviving theatre where William Shakespeare performed as an actor.
Pont-en-Royans, France
These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.
Michamvi, Tanzania
Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.
Tanygrisiau, Wales
For the deepest sleep of your life, head 1,375 feet underground in Wales.
New York, New York
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
Barbâtre, France
This submersible road connecting a French island to the mainland is lined with safety towers for when the tide strands travelers.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This grave marks one of few bodies retrieved from the disastrous Franklin Arctic expedition.
Carpello, Italy
This serene, turquoise lake in an extraordinary nature reserve showcases a rare natural phenomenon.
Ercolano, Italy
For decades, vendors have sold clothes once worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s.
Paris, France
This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.
Nunavut
The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.
Lyon, France
For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.
Lyon, France
Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.
Lyon, France
Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.
Milan, Italy
This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.
London, England
A building claimed to be London’s smallest house has an obscure history.
Landers, California
Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.
New Orleans, Louisiana
An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
An accidental trick of light casts the perfect shadow of a pilgrim of the Camino de Santiago against the cathedral wall.
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.
San Francisco, California
The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.
Hakone, Japan
The centuries-old cobblestones of a feudal highway remain in the woods of Hakone.
Genoa, Italy
This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.
Genoa, Italy
Although called a funicular by both its owner and the locals this historic railroad is actually a rack and pinion system.