Cahuita, Costa Rica
Aviarios del Caribe: Sloth Sanctuary
Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Cahuita, Costa Rica
Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.
Anchorage, Alaska
Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.
Shoals, Indiana
The only freestanding table rock formation east of the Mississippi.
Cusco, Peru
A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.
Eureka, Missouri
This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.
Pisco, Peru
The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.
Ketchikan, Alaska
One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.
Anchorage, Alaska
While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.
Ironton, Missouri
In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.
Florence, Italy
The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.
Breezewood, Pennsylvania
An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.
Juneau, Alaska
A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.
Stanhope, New Jersey
Historic town settled in the 19th century because of its convenient location along a popular coal transport route.
Big Sur, California
This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.
Linesville, Pennsylvania
"Where the ducks walk on fish."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
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."
Leadville, Colorado
Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.
Whittier, Alaska
Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.
Alton, Illinois
This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.
Florence, Italy
The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.