Rome, Italy
The Protestant Cemetery
The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Rome, Italy
The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.
Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia
Made famous by 'Star Wars,' these troglodyte homes face an uncertain future.
Bolivia
On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.
Helsinki, Finland
Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.
Fortingall, Scotland
Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.
Rome, Italy
This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.
Athens, Greece
The site where the summer solstice helped ancient Greeks sync the lunar and solar calendars.
Stará Bystrica, Slovakia
The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.
Oxford, England
Originally founded in 1654, this coffee house claims to be the oldest of its kind in Europe.
Sirkka, Finland
In the Hugging Tree Forest, lingonberry marshmallows, hot chocolates, and the best campfire lattes north of the Arctic Circle come to you.
England
The only surviving theatre where William Shakespeare performed as an actor.
Vaadhoo, Maldives
Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.
Narvik, Norway
The rusted hull of a WWII German destroyer pokes above the surface in a Norwegian fjord.
London, England
Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Colwyn Bay, Wales
A cheeky tribute to a comedy legend.
Milan, Italy
A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.
Baltimore, Maryland
An antiquarian horologist’s mysterious home in Old Goucher.
Sale, England
The materials from one of the United Kingdom’s most famous animation studios are now preserved in a suburban library.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.
Paris, France
This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.
Los Angeles, California
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
Chester, England
The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.