Washington, D.C.
National Capitol Columns
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Washington, D.C.
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
Motihari, India
The author of Animal Farm and 1984 was born to a civil servant in British India.
West Hollywood, California
A legendary West Hollywood bar where celebrities shoot pool with the locals.
Kilkee, Ireland
A serendipitous meeting between a South American revolutionary and a local barman resulted in an iconic image of 20th-century art.
Prague, Czechia
This monumental neo-Renaissance tomb in Vyšehrad Cemetery is the final resting place for Czech cultural legends.
London, England
A Nile crocodile, a historic symbol of apothecaries, is among the fascinating collection.
Greenville, South Carolina
Nine tiny mice sculptures hide in plain sight along Main Street.
Utrera, Spain
The cathedral of a controversial, conservative, schismatic sect that declared the Catholic Church heretical and founded its own succession of popes.
Callanna, Australia
Not a single witness can attest to the creation of the world's largest geoglyph.
Huancavelica Province, Peru
Once the largest source of mercury in the Americas, these ruins earned the name “Mine of Death.”
Lafayette, Colorado
According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.
Lisbon, Portugal
This historic cemetery is home to the largest private mausoleum in Europe.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
Los Angeles, California
The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.
Adair, Iowa
Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.
Lyttelton, New Zealand
An uninhabited island in a New Zealand harbor with dozens of scuttled vessels.
Enfield, England
A council house in England where ghostly activity was reported in the 1970s.
Madrid, Spain
Legend has it that the water from this fountain has miraculous healing properties.
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
A stone monument marks the location of the final battle of an armed uprising which had a significant impact on the creation of the US Constitution.
Makhanda, South Africa
A fossil collection of the only known Devonian high-latitude estuarine ecosystem.
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.
La Habra Heights, California
About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, France
A historic chapel and a water fountain linked to 60 miracles.
Fountain, Colorado
The resolution to a case that had gone cold for 120 years, found on an old piece of wood.