Winterset, Iowa
John Wayne's Birthplace
This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Winterset, Iowa
This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.
Spillville, Iowa
Elaborate hand-carved wooden clocks two brothers made in their spare time are on display at this handsome little museum.
Walcott, Iowa
The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.
Brandon, Iowa
The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.
Gladbrook, Iowa
A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.
Ames, Iowa
The “American Gothic" artist's largest works hang in an Iowa State University library.
Ames, Iowa
Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.
Sac City, Iowa
Eight feet in diameter and more than 24 feet around.
Tokyo, Japan
A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.
Pensacola Beach, Florida
Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.
Biloxi, Mississippi
A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.
Elberta, Alabama
Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.
Zakinthos, Greece
Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.
Greece
A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.
Santorini, Greece
A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.
Laconia, Greece
This town named for the ancient God of War is home to fewer than a thousand people, but it's the birthplace of the Greek Revolution.
Arcadia, Greece
Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.
Kato Kastania, Greece
This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.
Mikonos, Greece
Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Argolis, Greece
This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.
Kea Kithnos, Greece
This smily stone feline is meant to represent a mythical lion that almost destroyed the island of Kea.
Nisi, Greece
Poseidon? No one seems to know.