Athens, Greece
The Athenian Agora
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Athens, Greece
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Québec City, Québec
This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
Istanbul, Turkey
A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Sedona, Arizona
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Montreal, Québec
A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.
Mackinac County, Michigan
The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
Key West, Florida
A botanical hideaway sits inside the ruins of a half-built Civil War fort.
Key West, Florida
Recently celebrating its 25th anniversary, the garden opened in September 1997 to celebrate the men and women who have had the greatest impact on Key West.