Santa Barbara, California
Knapp’s Castle
The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Santa Barbara, California
The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.
Bermuda
Storms, funding, and in-fighting have kept this Bermuda church from ever being completed.
Santa Barbara, California
This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.
Madrid, Spain
The remains of the second-oldest zoo in Europe can be seen within these library gardens.
Key Biscayne, Florida
It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.
Key Biscayne, Florida
Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.
Key Biscayne, Florida
An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.
Bahamas
Bermuda triangle lighthouse, site of mysterious disappearances, left to crumble into the Atlantic.
Bahamas
A steamer run aground near Bimini lives a second life as a playground for scuba divers.
Alice Town, Bahamas
One man's love of sea life and art has turned his home into a temple of outsider island art.
Bahamas
A full-scale sculpture of a mermaid and baby grand piano hidden underwater by David Copperfield.
Nassau, Bahamas
This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.
Bahamas
This isthmus in the Bahamas narrowly separates the roiling Atlantic from the cool Bight of Eleuthera.
Bahamas
One of the deepest blue holes in the world.
Turks and Caicos Islands
The rusted remains of a victim of Hurricane Ike.
Providenciales and West Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands
A 220-foot deep watery drop-off, filled with marine life.
Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands
A sanctuary for sickly, stray, or wounded donkeys.
Willemstad, Curaçao
Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.
Willemstad, Curaçao
The floor of the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas is entirely covered in sand.
Willemstad, Curaçao
Like something out of a pulp adventure, this abandoned plane wreck is slowly being retaken by the Caribbean jungle.
Willemstad, Curaçao
The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.
Santa Cruz, Aruba
A safe place for the wild donkeys of a hot vacation destination.
Öjebyn, Sweden
A tiny village is home to the world's only diner completely devoted to the many varieties of traditional Swedish dumplings.
Atlanta, Georgia
A provocative museum dedicated to the genre and the harsh realities that inspired its origins.