Baltimore, Maryland
The Book Thing
This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Baltimore, Maryland
This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.
Munich, Germany
This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.
Barcelona, Spain
GaudÃ's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
New York, New York
This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.
New York, New York
Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.
Orkney, Scotland
The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.
Polldubh, Scotland
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
Liddel, Scotland
This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.
London, England
Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.
Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.
Tallinn, Estonia
This stoic bronze soldier stands as a symbol of Russian sacrifice or Soviet oppression, or maybe both.
Washington, D.C.
A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.
London, England
A celebrated bandstand at the center of what was once the worst slum in London.
London, England
Visit on a Sunday morning to see some killer tricks.
London, England
A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.
London, England
The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.
London, England
This lush area was the site of extensive enemy bombing during WWII.
Dover, England
One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.
East Sussex, England
These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.
Brighton, England
The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.
East Sussex, England
England's most notorious suicide spot.
Brighton, England
Regency-era excess on the English Coast.
London, England
A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.
London, England
This religious museum resides in a church crypt next to the founder's house.