Prague, Czechia
Brown-Nosers
The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Prague, Czechia
The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.
Pāhoa, Hawaii
Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.
Lisbon, Portugal
An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
This is one really big nut.
Castroville, California
It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."
Hilo, Hawaii
Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.
Whitney Portal, California
The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall, but rather lightning.
Munich, Germany
A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.
London, England
This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
The controversial final resting place of the equally controversial first president of Turkmenistan.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.
Évora, Portugal
"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
San Juan County, Utah
An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.
Green River, Utah
Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."
Green River, Wyoming
This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.
Boom, Belgium
Take a leisurely walk through the park to find the seven giant troll sculptures hidden throughout the park.
East Haddam, Connecticut
Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.
Pray, Montana
The formidable fowl can be found standing near an isolated hiking path.
Mudurnu, Turkey
The only residents of this abandoned housing development full of identical castles are stray cats and dogs.
Colebrook, New Hampshire
A mere dot on the map in the great north woods is the first place in America to vote in Presidential elections.
Zawya Sultan Basha, Egypt
An endless sea of white conical domes.
Egypt
An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.