Dublin, Ireland
Oddities of Christ Church Cathedral
The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Paris, France
Gustave Eiffel's Secret Apartment
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
Alnwick, England
Alnwick Poison Garden
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Jersey City, New Jersey
The Black Tom Explosion Memorial
A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.
Athlone, Ireland
Sean's Bar
The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.
Venice, Italy
The Flooded Crypt of San Zaccaria
As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.
Chicago, Illinois
U-505
The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.
London, England
Postman's Park: Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice
A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.
London, England
Hunterian Museum
The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
London, England
Monument to Hodge the Cat
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
London, England
The Lost River Fleet
The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.
Washington, D.C.
International Spy Museum
Home to items never before seen by the public.
Belgrade, Serbia
'Roman Well' of the Belgrade Fortress
A misnamed well, with a deep dark past.
Shendi, Sudan
Meroe Pyramids
These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.
Dolores, Colorado
Canyons of the Ancients
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
Milot, Haiti
Sans-Souci Palace
The royal seat of Henri Christophe, a formerly enslaved man who became Haiti's only king.
Haut Saut d'Eau, Haiti
Saut-d'Eau Waterfalls
Thousands of Haitians travel to the waterfalls to ask the Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and her voodoo counterpart Erzulie for healing in a yearly pilgrimage.
Hegra, Saudi Arabia
Hegra Archaeological Site
More than 100 monumental tombs carved into rock are preserved at this ancient Nabataean site in the Arabian Desert.
Las Heras Department, Argentina
Thermal Baths of Villavicencio
Mineral springs believed to hold therapeutic properties draw in visitors from all over.
Lithuania
Kulgrindas
Underwater roads undetectable from the surface used for escape routes from foreign invaders.
Aksaray, Turkey
Cappadocia
In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, France
Underground Church of Saint-Jean at Aubeterre-sur-Dronne
The largest underground church in Europe.
Inyo County, California
Scotty's Castle
An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.
London, England
Guildhall's Underground Roman Amphitheater
A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.
