Leeds, England
Hyde Park Picture House
The last gas-lit cinema in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the world.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Leeds, England
The last gas-lit cinema in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the world.
Brooklyn, New York
This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.
Northfield, Massachusetts
The largest battery in New England sits atop a Massachusetts mountain.
Mandeville, Louisiana
Some believe this tree to be more than 1,500 years old.
Gdańsk, Poland
During the renovation of this bas-relief, the constructors added one unusual element.
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
A small site dedicated to the memory of a local leader and the search for peace.
Cozumel, Mexico
The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.
Istanbul, Turkey
The only Roman honorific column in Istanbul.
Glasgow, Scotland
An 18th-century religious argument etched into stone.
Jacksonville, Florida
This replica of a 16th-century French settlement memorializes one of the earliest attempts at a European settlement in North America.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This building played host to some of the most influential minds of the Industrial Revolution and now serves as a reminder of the influence of Northern coalfields.
Hawkshead, England
This small village museum contains the schoolboy scratchings of William Wordsworth.
Providence, Rhode Island
A 132-year-old telescope continues to keep watch over the night skies above Providence.
Culross, Scotland
The raised stones in the middle of this road through Culross are relics of a 17th-century class divide.
Enklinge, Åland Islands
This archipelago homestead-turned-museum has remained the same since its last resident, born in 1897, died in 1973.
Ashland, Pennsylvania
An underground blaze turned this village into a ghost town.
Uvita, Costa Rica
Along a coast that sees the annual migration of humpback whales, a geological formation that takes the shape of a whale’s tail.
Canadian, Texas
Iconic figures in concrete and steel in the High Plains of Texas.
Hanoi, Vietnam
This time-honored eatery near Hoàn Kiếm Lake serves the classic pairing of rice vermicelli soup and savory sticky rice.
Noto, Japan
The site of a prehistoric settlement spanning millennia, complete with a reconstructed timber circle.
Hanoi, Vietnam
This steamed rice crepe specialist has been rolling up its namesake dish for over 30 years.
Dawson Creek, British Columbia
The arch marks the beginning of the road for northbound travelers.
Mandeville, Louisiana
A 200-year-old live oak on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain.
Mauritania
The second largest monolith in the world was once betrayed by its lover, Ben Aicha.