Nagasaki, Japan
Head of the Virgin Mary
The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Nagasaki, Japan
The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.
Tainan City, Taiwan
A festival where people vie to be bombarded by exploding clusters of fireworks.
Palo Alto, California
A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.
Uribante, Venezuela
A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.
Siegen, Germany
The abandoned mine where American troops discovered a treasure trove of art and artifacts hidden by the Nazis.
Deniliquin, Australia
The world's largest gathering of flatbed coupes can be found annually at this rural festival in New South Wales.
Greensburg, Indiana
For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.
Shanghai, China
This supermarket in Shanghai appears to be a typical Chinese convenience store, but all of the bottles are empty and all the containers are filled with nothing but air.
León, Mexico
Things roll uphill on this Mexican street that seems to defy gravity.
Zhanaarka District, Kazakhstan
The remains of a monument in the remote Kazakhstani desert dedicated to the only men to die in outer space, the crew of the Soyuz 11 rocket.
Sainshand, Mongolia
Hidden treasures belonging to Mongolia's most revered and multi-talented monk spent decades buried in the Gobi desert.
Croatia
A self-proclaimed libertarian micro-state on a tiny bit of disputed territory between Serbia and Croatia.
Tucson, Arizona
A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.
Tucson, Arizona
Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.
Tucson, Arizona
A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.
Picacho, Arizona
Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.
Phoenix, Arizona
Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.
Bisbee, Arizona
A mistaken marker makes an erroneous claim along the historic Old Divide Road.
Sahuarita, Arizona
One of the largest open-pit copper mining operations in the entire country.
Houck, Arizona
This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.
Winslow, Arizona
One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.
Phoenix, Arizona
The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.
Wickenburg, Arizona
Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.
Phoenix, Arizona
Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.