United States / Canada
United States–Canada Border Slash
The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
United States / Canada
The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.
Landenberg, Pennsylvania
The meeting of the northwestern corner of Delaware, the northeastern corner of Maryland, and the southern edge of Pennsylvania.
San Francisco, California
This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Aristes, Pennsylvania
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
Trakai, Lithuania
Over time, this castle grew to encompass the entire island.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.
Anchorage, Alaska
The now-serene site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.
Meyrin, Switzerland
CERN's beautiful, bending sculpture is a tribute to the spread of knowledge.
Meyrin, Switzerland
Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.
Geneva, Switzerland
One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.
Geneva, Switzerland
One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.
Geneva, Switzerland
A plain wooden seat that once belonged to one of the most prominent figures of the Protestant Reformation.
Geneva, Switzerland
On the side of a building, a depiction of the woman who became a local legend by tossing soup out her window.
Geneva, Switzerland
A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.
Cologny, Switzerland
Where Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' and John William Polidori's 'The Vampyre' were born.
Cologny, Switzerland
A trove of ridiculously valuable prints and manuscripts under one roof.
Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Sevelen, Switzerland
The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.
Stepanakert, Azerbaijan
This striking icon of the disputed Republic of Artsakh caused a stir at a Eurovision Song Contest.