El Salvador
Lago Coatepeque
This color-changing crater lake in El Salvador is occasionally impenetrable to sunlight.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
El Salvador
This color-changing crater lake in El Salvador is occasionally impenetrable to sunlight.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.
Chandler, Arizona
Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.
Uummannaq, Greenland
Danish children are taught that Santa lives in Greenland, at this exact cabin.
Reykjavik, Iceland
The history of Reykjavik told through a historical village and live actors.
Rocamadour, France
This medieval village clings to a cliff in southwestern France.
Barcelona, Spain
Visit the only cheesemaker working in Barcelona.
Hirosaki, Japan
The northernmost of the 12 surviving feudal castles of Japan is known as a cherry blossom viewing spot.
Oxford, England
Originally founded in 1654, this coffee house claims to be the oldest of its kind in Europe.
Tomioka, Japan
The World Heritage-designated site of Japan’s industrial revolution, once mistaken as a den of vampires.
Paris, France
This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.
Barcelona, Spain
It’s Christmas every day at Barcelona’s oldest restaurant.
Woodstock, New Hampshire
These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.
Jiufen, Taiwan
A museum about rituals, ghosts, and demons from around Asia, set in the middle of the peaceful Jiufen.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The most extravagant car collection features a Batmobile, Liberace's mirror ball-ed Rolls Royce, and a stunt car from 'The Fast and the Furious.'
Penrith, England
It may not be the final resting place of a literal giant, but the Giant’s Grave is still archaeologically important.
Gyeongju, South Korea
This human-made pond is part of a Korean palace complex first built in the 7th century.
Bronx, New York
Because holiday cheer is at its finest when it includes eerie mannequins, right?
Siyazan, Azerbaijan
Swirling layers of white and red rock earned these mountains their festive nickname.
Rovaniemi, Finland
Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.
Tonopah, Nevada
Take in the beauty of the Milky Way at one of the best sites for stargazing in Nevada—a state with some tough competition.
Jacksonville, Florida
The oldest continuously-running professional dinner theater in the United States.
Warsaw, Poland
A group of tiny bears has occupied various spots across Warsaw's Bemowo district.
Neuhausen, Germany
Home to the world's largest collection of nutcrackers.