Weinan, China
Huashan Mountain
A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Weinan, China
A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.
Setenil de las Bodegas, Spain
A Spanish town built into the cliffs.
Chamis, Peru
Pre-Incan aqueduct amidst a stone forest in Peru.
Yagodninsky District, Russia
Siberian ghost town built by gulag prisoners.
Caledon, Ontario
These strikingly barren, rolling red hills were caused by bad farming practices.
Fraser Island, Australia
The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.
Closter, New Jersey
A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.
Hajvali, Turkey
Live a night as a Byzantine King, with a minibar and private jacuzzi.
Ghan, Australia
Curious crater remnants in the middle of the Australian outback.
Chivay, Peru
Mystic Incan rock piles three miles above sea level.
Balshoon, Syria
A 1,500-year-old ghost settlement is slowly fading away.
Penela da Beira, Portugal
An ancient tomb that still stands in Portugal.
Lutry, Switzerland
Standing stones found on a construction site are re-erected.
Kaunas, Lithuania
A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.
Wingen, Australia
6000-year-old coal fire moves one meter per year.
Tataouine, Tunisia
A 15th-century granary that played the role of futuristic slave quarters in the world of 'Star Wars.'
Peaugres, France
One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.
Cusco, Peru
Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.
Alberobello, Italy
Southern Italy's spinning top village.
Ocean Falls, British Columbia
Beautiful mostly-abandoned town only accessible by sea-worthy boat or plane.
Duiwelskloof, South Africa
A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.
Wierschem, Germany
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
Maastricht, Netherlands
Incredible labyrinth of man made caves.
Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, Italy
The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."