Rufisque, Senegal
Lake Retba
This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Rufisque, Senegal
This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.
Montségur, France
This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.
Panguipulli, Chile
This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.
São Paulo, Brazil
A snake farm famous for its venemous varieties.
Osaka, Japan
This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.
Coquimbo, Chile
A charmingly unusual prefabricated metal church designed by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.
Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.
Penedo, Brazil
This "Little Finland" started as a Finnish utopian society in Eastern Brazil.
Ubatuba, Brazil
A secret Virgin Mary tucked away on a Brazilian beach.
Ubatuba, Brazil
The ruins of this Brazilian island prison still bear the scars of the bloody rebellion that closed it down.
Ubatuba, Brazil
What killed this humpback whale is a mystery, but its remains have become legendary.
Saugerties, New York
One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.
Harbin, China
One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.
Jajepura, India
An ancient curse kept humans from living on the water, and now it's brimming with rare wildlife and is one of the most pristine rivers in India.
Allahabad, India
The world's largest human gathering is held at the confluence of three sacred rivers, one of which is mythical.
Datia, India
This deserted palace is one of the finest examples of Indo-Islamic architecture in India.
Orchha, India
These medieval funerary monuments are now home to a colony of critically endangered vultures.
Jodhpur, India
Legend has it a commoner volunteered to be buried alive in the foundation so that the great fortress could be built.
Jodhpur, India
This stunning 15th-century royal hill fort preserves the age of chivalry in Rajasthan.
Jodhpur, India
Fifteen Jodhpur queens left their handprints before going to their fiery death.
New Delhi, India
An ancient iron pillar in Delhi that seems to be rustproof.
Chandigarh, India
A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.
Dargavs, Russia
This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.
Montreal, Québec
City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.