Tomar, Portugal
Convento de Cristo
The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Vineland, New Jersey
Palace of Depression
This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.
Lee, Florida
The Ghost Town of Ellaville
This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.
Lourmarin, France
The Grave of Albert Camus
The Nobel-Prize-winning author of The Stranger is buried beneath a simple gravestone in a sleepy French village.
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Shanghai, China
Flask and the Press
Leave the wardrobes and sweets to British schoolchildren, Shanghai's got a Coke machine that leads to booze.
Saint George's, Grenada
Jason de Caires Taylor's Underwater Sculpture Garden
A gallery of underwater art that can be visited by man and fish alike.
Ollantaytambo, Peru
Ollantaytambo Ruins
Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Ta Prohm
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Oracle, Arizona
Biosphere 2
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
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Waxahachie, Texas
Desertron: The Superconducting Super Collider
A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.
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Long Beach, California
Looff's Lite-A-Line
The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.
Calipatria, California
Slab City
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
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Kissimmee, Florida
Splendid China
Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.
Atlanta, Georgia
Krog Street Tunnel
An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.
Summerville, Georgia
Howard Finster's Paradise Gardens
This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.
Uribante, Venezuela
The Drowned Church of Potosi
A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
The Center of the Universe
An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Cumberland Falls State Park
Moonbows over Kentucky.
Corbett, Oregon
Multnomah Falls
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Amarillo, Texas
Cadillac Ranch
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Pikeville, Tennessee
Fall Creek Falls State Park
Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.
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Rapid City, South Dakota
Thunderhead Underground Falls
A waterfall 600 ft. inside a mountain, once the bane of gold miners, is now a spectacle of nature.
Amesbury, England
Stonehenge
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Machu Picchu: The Lost City of The Inca
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
