Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Stari Most
Bridge that died in war and was resurected.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bridge that died in war and was resurected.
Studenci, Bosnia and Herzegovina
There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Des Moines, New Mexico
This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.
Kenton, Oklahoma
The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.
Magdalena, New Mexico
Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.
Magdalena, New Mexico
The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.
St Regis, Montana
Between Missoula and Spokane, a family-owned travel center has an unusual museum in the back.
Wallace, Idaho
The mayor made the declaration in 2004.
Wallace, Idaho
A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.
Spokane, Washington
This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.
Post Falls, Idaho
A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Kyoto, Japan
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
New York, New York
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.