Iwakuni, Japan
Kintai Bridge
One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Iwakuni, Japan
One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.
Beppu, Japan
Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.
Kasukabe, Japan
The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.
Hayakawa, Japan
The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.
Taketomi, Japan
White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.
Vagli Sopra, Italy
This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.
Cambridge, England
The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.
Furth im Wald, Germany
Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.
Việt Hưng, Vietnam
This tiny Vietnamese village is known for eating snakes and serving their still-beating hearts in shots of vodka.
Botyre (Ayent), Switzerland
Medieval irrigation channels built into the sides of mountains provided Valais with water for hundreds of years.
Matavun, Slovenia
This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."
Borgo Grotta Gigante, Italy
One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.
Muggia, Italy
These pools have been abandoned for over 20 years.
Postojna, Slovenia
A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.
Bled, Slovenia
This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.
Venice, Italy
A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.
Bologna, Italy
A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.
Esperança, Portugal
You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.
Chichicastenango, Guatemala
One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.
Asque, France
A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."
Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England
Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.
Antarctica
The largest piece of no man's land left on Earth.
Mongolia
The grassy landscape is home to the world's last truly wild horses.