Ercolano, Italy
Herculaneum
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Le Roeulx, Belgium
The world's tallest boat lift stands as a massive piece of industrial tourism.
New Haven, Connecticut
A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.
Saalfeld, Germany
"The most colorful grottoes of the world.
Lake Darlot, Australia
An outback test site for the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult.
Villahermosa, Mexico
This singular broken monument, now housed in a museum, was the cause of a worldwide "Mayan Doomsday" phenomenon.
Nye County, Nevada
A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.
Barbados
This popular tourist cave was ignored for almost 200 years before being mined into an attraction.
Métabetchouan-Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec
An abandoned town centered around a paper mill powered by a large waterfall.
Sark, Guernsey
The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.
Put-in-Bay, Ohio
Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.
Dublin, Ireland
The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.
Jemez Springs, New Mexico
A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.
Panamint, California
The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.
Casper, Wyoming
A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.
Ercolano, Italy
The oldest volcanology research center in the world.
Algarrobo, Chile
A record-breaking pool that uses computers to turn ocean water into cleaner, private swimming water.
Kaslo, British Columbia
The "Crow Boat" of Kootenay Lake, sold for a dollar and now on display as "the world's oldest intact passenger sternwheeler."
Condeixa-a-Velha, Portugal
One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.
Hana, Hawaii
The famous aviator's final resting place is a study in natural beauty.
Lido, Italy
The oldest of Venice's plague quarantine stations, designed to keep the medieval city safe from disease.
Krong Battambang, Cambodia
Abandoned soda factory on a Cambodian roadside in a state of beautiful decay.
Sparwood, British Columbia
Nestled near the mountains of western Canada resides this behemoth earth mover.
Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna
The final stronghold of a king whose feet never touched the ground.