Paris, France
Pep's Maison
One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Paris, France
One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.
Faroe Islands
In Faroese legend, this sinister horse-shaped beast lures unsuspecting passersby only to drown them in the lake.
Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.
Iceland
A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.
Shiraz, Iran
A spectacular rainbow of stained glass makes the "Pink Mosque" one of the most beautiful in Iran.
Wasserauen, Switzerland
This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.
Ransom Canyon, Texas
A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.
Cave City, Kentucky
An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.
Gloucester Township, New Jersey
A completely round house designed for the Atomic Age.
Český Krumlov, Czechia
Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.
Tokyo, Japan
Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.
Gladbrook, Iowa
A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.
Cedar Creek, Texas
A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.
Harmony, Minnesota
This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.
Tokyo, Japan
A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.
Pipestone, Minnesota
A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.
Hawthorne, California
The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.
New York, New York
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.
Dyersville, Iowa
The farm toy capital of the world hosts a museum filled with toy tractors dating back to the late 1800s.
Tallahassee, Florida
One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.