Berkeley, California
Tail of the Yak
Handmade treasures from around the world.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Berkeley, California
Handmade treasures from around the world.
Oakland, California
Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.
Atlanta, Georgia
This angular brutalist playground turns playtime into modern art time.
Hamburg, Germany
Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.
Hamburg, Germany
Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.
Moscow, Russia
World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.
Moscow, Russia
Former headquarters of the KGB.
Yeghegnadzor, Armenia
Nestled in a peaceful valley, this Armenian monastery may have been saved from Mongols thanks to the eyes of God.
Lusarat, Armenia
The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.
Areni, Armenia
This series of Armenian caves held the oldest brain, shoe, and winery in the world.
Garni, Armenia
A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.
Goght, Armenia
This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.
Cusco, Peru
The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.
Georgia
Underground monastery and fortress.
Gori, Georgia
A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.
Georgia
Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Luxury hotel turned into a refugee camp, then turned back into a luxury hotel.
Tbilisi, Georgia
The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.
Spanish Town, British Virgin Islands
This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.
Plymouth, Trinidad and Tobago
A three-centuries-old crypt in the foothills of an old plantation.
Baku, Azerbaijan
A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.
Baku, Azerbaijan
Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.