Munich, Germany
Fraunhofer Refractor at the Deutsches Museum
The telescope that discovered Neptune.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Munich, Germany
The telescope that discovered Neptune.
Landsberg am Lech, Germany
A graveyard and memorial chapel for victims of leprosy.
Venice, Italy
An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.
Hawthorne, California
The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.
Los Angeles, California
Because there's no place like home.
Santa Barbara, California
Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.
Bad Dürkheim, Germany
Ruins of an aerial tramway that ran for only eight years.
Morro Bay, California
A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.
Rottenbuch, Germany
Cell phone tower constructed entirely of wood.
Berlin, Germany
A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.
Chicago, Illinois
A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.